adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a traumatic event (= very upsetting )
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He was forced to relive the traumatic events of his kidnap.
traumatic/harrowing (= one that is shocking and upsetting, and affects you for a long time )
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Having an operation can be a traumatic experience for a child.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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However, if the determined Mr Welch gets his way, building the boundary-less company could make the 1990s just as traumatic .
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When they break up, non-marital separations can be as traumatic as a divorce.
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Opposition is seen as traumatic , a frightening situation because it recalls the violence of Mecca before the triumph of the One.
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Few events in life are as traumatic as the death of a spouse.
less
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While the regime for patients undergoing sclerotherapy is more inconvenient, it is undoubtedly less traumatic .
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Gradual changes are much less traumatic than sudden changes.
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The parting was less traumatic than some, however.
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They say it makes the experience less painful for them and less traumatic for the baby.
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Then the volume of traffic built up and things got a little less traumatic .
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Massive volatility of income combined with total security of principle is, in the long term, more traumatic than the reverse.
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He seems to think that this is more traumatic for him.
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This has to be more traumatic than if we were slowly introduced to the idea.
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Being an artist's model was turning out to be somewhat more traumatic than she had anticipated.
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There are grounds however for believing that the experience can be more traumatic for women and girls.
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And sometimes they were replaced by a more traumatic memory.
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The reality was more traumatic than many have realized.
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If I had left the move till later it would probably have been much more traumatic .
most
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To this day the party has never quite healed the deep wounds left by what remains probably its most traumatic internal crisis.
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Diana arrived at Sandringham that weekend having just been through a most traumatic period.
very
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The divorce was very traumatic , full of accusations, stamping of feet and pleading from Marie for me to come back.
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Firing some one is very traumatic , said Tony Rosenstein, an employment and trial lawyer.
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Gedge found the experience of sacking Shaun Charman very traumatic but he still had the resolution to see it through.
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This, she thought, would make it easier for them to cope with a very traumatic situation.
■ NOUN
event
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Is early weaning a traumatic event whose effects will last for life?
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They try not to worry excessively about the uncertainties in the future or to dwell on the traumatic events of the past.
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Admission For most people admission to hospital, whether planned or as an emergency, is a traumatic event .
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When did snow become this traumatic event that once brought only joy?
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Follow-up studies of people experiencing particularly traumatic events such as bereavement have also shown a high rate of associated depression and anxiety.
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As previously stated, the attack is often associated with an emotionally traumatic event .
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They ruled that officers were expected to cope with traumatic events in the line of duty.
experience
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Importantly, they may in fact be helping you come to terms with the traumatic experience .
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And, of course, some people may become inhibited in dealing with the world because of some traumatic experience .
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At the time it was a traumatic experience .
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Adults may develop the disorder after being involved in a traumatic experience such as war or a natural disaster.
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The negative reaction pushes for avoidance of the traumatic experience , and thus Amfortas is healed by the spear.
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For the housekeeper, such straight forward tasks as reading shopping lists or dashed off notes from her employers are traumatic experiences .
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Before moving out of Speaker's House on Friday, Weatherill had the traumatic experience of disposing of his trappings of office.
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On the run for a good cause Going to prison in unquestionably a traumatic experience .
stress
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She suffers from post-traumatic stress , which makes it impossible to work.
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Counselors will work with people who have post- traumatic stress disorder.
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The movement's struggle with authorities to help the victims of post-traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange had undeniable significance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Learning to swim was the most traumatic experience of my childhood.
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Len's slow and painful death was traumatic for the entire family.
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My parents' divorce was very traumatic for me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diana arrived at Sandringham that weekend having just been through a most traumatic period.
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For him, that means there is a place for everything, no matter how trivial or traumatic .
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He knew that in the wake of Steve Jobs's traumatic departure, a sense of play was missing in Cupertino.
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Many of these states have experienced traumatic nationality conflicts, and few of these conflicts have been permanently resolved.
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Nixon's forced resignation, in other words, was a deeply traumatic episode in the history of the United States.
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Susan, who had to endure a traumatic eye operation, seemed at first unable to learn colors and numbers.
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This was usually a person undergoing great emotional strain, such as a girl experiencing a particularly traumatic puberty.