Traumatizing
verb (used with object), traumatized, traumatizing.
1.
Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
2.
Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind):
to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
verb
1.
(transitive) to wound or injure (the body)
2.
to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
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