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retraumatize

retraumatize verb: to traumatize again or anew.

Verb

retraumatize (third-person singular simple present retraumatizes, present participle retraumatizing, simple past and past participle retraumatized)

  1. (transitive) To traumatize again or anew.
    • One risk of introducing potent material too fast is that a veteran could become retraumatized and perhaps unwilling to continue other kinds of therapy, as well.2007 August 28, Amanda Schaffer, “Not a Game: Simulation to Lessen War Trauma”, in New York Times

Forms of retraumatize

third-person singular presentretraumatizes
present participleretraumatizing
past participleretraumatized
pastretraumatized

Origin of retraumatize

From re- + traumatize.

Questions about retraumatize

What does retraumatize mean?
Retraumatize means to traumatize again or anew.
What part of speech is retraumatize?
Retraumatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of retraumatize?
The past tense of retraumatize is retraumatized.

Words near retraumatize in the dictionary

  1. retraumatised
  2. retraumatises
  3. retraumatising
  4. retraumatization
  5. retraumatizations
  6. retraumatize
  7. retraumatized
  8. retraumatizes
  9. retraumatizing
  10. retravel
  11. retraveled

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