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Synonyms for trauma
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun

    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

    Synonyms:
    hurt, wound, injury, distress, detriment, harm, accidental injury, psychic trauma, impairment, suffering, damage, scathe, combat injury

  2. trauma, psychic traumanoun

    an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

    Synonyms:
    injury, hurt, psychic trauma, harm

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "trauma":

    injury, shock, injuries, shocks, traumatic

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How to use trauma in a sentence?

  1. Mike Castleberry:

    They are not for a wreck on the side of the road needing Level I trauma care, only about 15% of the air ambulance charges we see involve those kind of accidents. The vast majority are patient transfers from one facility to the other.

  2. Tony Serra:

    This was not a plea entered into because of legal necessity. We had from my perspective and from many lawyers' perspectives, we had viable defenses, this is a plea that's been entered into as a moral imperative to eliminate all the trauma and pain and suffering that everyone who touches this case endures.

  3. Rebecca Robbins:

    Sleep is an artifact of our waking lives, if you're experiencing hardship, trauma or something unsettling happening... those events loom large for our sleep.

  4. Monica Lewinsky:

    Given my PTSD and my understanding of trauma, it's very likely that my thinking would not necessarily be changing at this time had it not been for the #MeToo movement -- not only because of the new lens it has provided, but also because of how it has offered new avenues toward the safety that comes with solidarity.

  5. Komal Chohan:

    My nani, my family, and our families should not feel unsafe at work, at their place of worship, or anywhere. Enough is enough — our community has been through enough trauma.


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