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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
traumatic /trɔːˈmatɪk, traʊ-/

▶adjective

1 deeply disturbing or distressing: a traumatic divorce.

2 Medicine relating to or denoting physical injury.

– derivatives
traumatically adverb.

'traumatic' also found in these Oxford entries:

closure - learned helplessness - post-traumatic stress disorder - PTSD - traumatism

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