Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To wound or injure (a tissue), as in a surgical operation.
- transitive verb To subject to psychological trauma.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In surgery, to inflict an injury upon.
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- verb Alternative spelling of
traumatise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb inflict a trauma upon
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Examples
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In my undergrad research class I wanted to replicate the Bystander Effect by having a confederate pretend to faint we wanted to look for gender differences in responses by participants and I was told by the IRB that it might "traumatize" my participants.
Archive 2009-01-01 JLK 2009
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In my undergrad research class I wanted to replicate the Bystander Effect by having a confederate pretend to faint we wanted to look for gender differences in responses by participants and I was told by the IRB that it might "traumatize" my participants.
My Personal Brand of Hot Science JLK 2009
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Also, the "child" is an adult; how will a paternity test 'traumatize' him?
"$perm wail by donor." Ann Althouse 2007
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As silly as it may sound, I do not wan to "traumatize" her for crowns that may no tbe extremely necessary.
White Crowns For Baby Teeth Dr. Dean Brandon 2006
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But, based on an emotional reaction of "what if I were raped?" they don't want to "traumatize" the mother and have her respect her unborn child's right to life.
Loving the unborn child conceived in rape Suzanne 2006
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But youth leader Boubekri says Algeria has one striking characteristic that other protest-roiled Arab countries do not have; the fallout of a bloody civil war in the 1990s that killed upwards of 100,000 people and continues to traumatize Algerians.
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I can hold my own in Rock Band but not Guitar Hero, I can traumatize the patrons of a karaoke bar, and I am much, much better at trash-talking than at actual gameplay.
Telling stories « 2009
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She puts it to Charlie Render to merge with her mind and introduce her to the world of sights, so that they do not traumatize her when she's working with a patient.
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But youth leader Boubekri says Algeria has one striking characteristic that other protest-roiled Arab countries do not have; the fallout of a bloody civil war in the 1990s that killed upwards of 100,000 people and continues to traumatize Algerians.
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But youth leader Boubekri says Algeria has one striking characteristic that other protest-roiled Arab countries do not have; the fallout of a bloody civil war in the 1990s that killed upwards of 100,000 people and continues to traumatize Algerians.
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