trau ‧ ma ‧ tize BrE AmE ( also traumatise British English ) /ˈtrɔːmətaɪz, ˈtraʊ- $ ˈtraʊ-, ˈtrɒː-/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to shock someone so badly that they are affected by it for a very long time:
He was traumatized by his war experiences.
—traumatized adjective