traumatize
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“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
There are certainly examples of students and consumers of culture making suspect claims that certain words or images traumatize them.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024
“Our Board of Supervisors knows that these conditions beneath human dignity stigmatize and traumatize people and make all of us less safe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
Advocates for homeless people say they can’t alleviate the crisis without more investment in affordable housing and services, and that camping bans and encampment sweeps unnecessarily traumatize homeless people.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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