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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

A year ago, she told the New York Times that she’s been through a lot, but being candid about the trauma has given her purpose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

For the most part I was intrigued by the story, which, like many of the previous games, explores themes of trauma and guilt sensitively.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

I spent a lot of time thinking about that particular credits sequence since Thursday’s news broke, setting its infectious percussion line and sparkling piano riff against my imaginings of Lasha’s trauma.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018

Diana tried to help, recommending that I apply for a free treatment program at a trauma center in Manhattan.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Still others have argued that collectors are “damaged personalities who have been driven to collect in attempts to repair traumas experienced in early infancy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

That is where we break generational cycles and traumas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

We rowed past the old lighthouse, tranquil in the distance, which only last night had been the scene of so many traumas.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

The principal causes of primary keratitis are traumata and infection from the conjunctiva.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

We shall refer later on to those other exactly similar cases of cyclical depression which can nevertheless easily be traced back to mental traumata.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud

Absorption takes place from the inner surface of the uterus or from traumata in the genital canal.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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