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traumatic

[truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou-] / trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /




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The skeleton showed no signs of traumatic injury, she said, and the cause of death was deemed to be "unascertained".

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

It doesn’t have to be about your traumatic middle-school years or looming financial stressors.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

“Members of our local news community ... came here to do their jobs and experienced a profound tragedy of their own. This has been a deeply traumatic day for far too many people,” Horvath said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Some 100 million Americans have been born since or are too young to remember the traumatic day.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Carla, in fact, says it's a borderline schizoid response to traumatic cultural displacement.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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