- past participle of traumatize.
- past tense form of traumatize.
traumatized
Example Sentences
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He is understandably traumatized, put under police investigation and stymied when he tries to find out more about the dead girl and her motives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Residents near the epicenter of a major earthquake in southern Panama began cleaning up on Saturday, traumatized by the previous day's heavy shaking that left widespread damage but so far no reported deaths.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
Men here, some of whom have served decades, are deeply traumatized.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But we were still traumatized, and now that we had time to think, the fastened mantle of our war memories slowly began to open.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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