traumatize

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Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.

From Salon

The son’s fiancée, Kristen Cox, said her fiancé was “upset, heartbroken, conflicted, a little traumatized.”

From New York Times

But often we only see the death toll and there's little discussion of those who were injured or traumatized.

From Salon

His insights are subtle yet palpable in "Soldiers Don't Go Mad," evoking the power of war to haunt, traumatize and destroy long after the last bombs explode.

From Salon

As I've said before, the whole country was traumatized from the Trump years and the pandemic and frankly, the press has clung to a narrative of national misery for far too long.

From Salon