traumatize
Example Sentences
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Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.
From Salon
She said her grandson, who was celebrating his birthday on the weekend of the shooting, was traumatized after seeing his father killed.
She is “traumatized without trauma. There were footprints on her mind where no one had trod.”
In her 2023 memoir “The Woman in Me,” she disputed having substance abuse issues and described the custody battle as “traumatizing,” accusing Federline of attempting to portray her as unstable.
From Salon
God Owes Me Money’ is about childhood trauma and how people do harm from not thinking rather than pre-calculation — which also means I’ve traumatized people by not thinking,” the singer said.
From Los Angeles Times
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