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retraumatize en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + traumatize.

Meanings

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:

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