TRAUMATISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traumatise mean? 

• TRAUMATISE (verb)
  The verb TRAUMATISE has 1 sense:

1. inflict a trauma upon

  Familiarity information: TRAUMATISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAUMATISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they traumatise    ... he / she / it traumatises   
Past simple: traumatised   
Past participle: traumatised   
-ing form: traumatising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflict a trauma upon

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

shock; traumatise; traumatize

Hypernyms (to "traumatise" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)