traumatize
Example Sentences
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Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.
From Salon
He had been traumatized by the sight of political violence as a child, the attorney said, and news of the Arab-Israeli conflict unleashed blinding rage.
From Los Angeles Times
“Every hour, they make the sound of sirens for everybody to leave the ocean and it makes us traumatized again for what happened in 2023.”
From Los Angeles Times
“They shouldn’t even have done nothing until they investigated it, instead of making them out to be terrorists and traumatizing these girls,” she said.
From Salon
Others were so traumatized that Glass House brought in grief counselors, according to a source close to the company.
From Los Angeles Times
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