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traumatize

[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-] / ˈtraʊ məˌtaɪz, ˈtrɔ- /


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Johnston carries the film and the emotional core, but Navarrette delivers the kind of instantly classic horror turn that will surely traumatize Gen Z for years.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

In this way, “The Sheep Detectives” recalls an earlier era of children’s movies that weren’t afraid to lightly traumatize their young audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

“This country has done nothing but traumatize me in the last six months. Maybe I’ll just move to Spain.”

From Slate Dec. 11, 2025

This crackdown has the potential to traumatize U.S. citizens, too.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

“We didn’t mean to traumatize you. This isn’t how I imagined this going.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When you have people saying this artwork traumatizes me, it hurts me, and it’s not generating a conversation, then you have to wonder: What is its purpose?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2023

But experiencing trauma with the understanding that it is in a dream traumatizes others all over again, she said.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2023

Advocates for people experiencing homelessness have expressed dismay and alarm with the mayor’s position, which they say often criminalizes the city’s most vulnerable residents and can further traumatizes many of them, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

From Seattle Times Aug. 19, 2022

Writing from her own experience, O'Neil digs into the ways in which shame conditions and traumatizes those whose bodies don't adhere to beauty industry norms.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2022

When patients tell her they’re using an at-home file, “I cringe, because what that does is it actually traumatizes the skin, and then your body gets drier and it adds more calluses,” she said.

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2022

With a PG-13 rating that gets away with quite a bit, the action harkens back to the days of “Poltergeist,” a PG-rated film that had whole families walking out of the theater traumatized and silent.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

“He said, ‘I’m a traumatized human being who hasn’t moved on and I want some resolution,’” Krook recalls.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“The baby boom generation is still traumatized by the bubble,” says Jesper Koll, global ambassador for booster group FinCity.Tokyo.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Court reporters—who often rely on nonverbal cues and work with traumatized witnesses—are an example of AI’s limitations in replacing human skill in the real world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

And it might be that some coaches somewhere would delay a tryout on an afternoon when some of the tryoutees have just been traumatized by two gigantic rats falling out of their classroom ceiling.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Divorce is a traumatizing event, and your friend has moved on in a productive and forward-looking manner.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

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

From Salon Nov. 23, 2025

“It’s degrading and traumatizing to experience your own identity being distorted without your consent,” Smith said, now age 43.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

You could tell how traumatizing the last eighteen months since Walter's arrest had been.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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