Dictionary entry overview: What does traumatic mean? â¢ TRAUMATIC (adjective) The adjective TRAUMATIC has 2 senses: 1. of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body 2. psychologically painful Familiarity information: TRAUMATIC used as an adjective is rare.
In 1957, Rachel Carson got breast cancer, probably because of the pesticide she was studying and trying to stop. She died of a heart attack at the age of 57. Their was a wood she had wanted to buy when she was younger. She had not completed her dream to buy it, but she did stop DDT and the other pesticies,
Heroes commit feats of courage involving risk or sacrifice, and which have a nobility of purpose. Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, two years after the publication of âSilent Spring.â She might not have lived to see the full effects of her influence, but she had a good feeling that she might have opened some peoplesâ eyes.