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inflict
[ in-flikt ]
verb (used with object)
- to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
to inflict punishment.
- to impose (anything unwelcome):
The regime inflicted burdensome taxes on the people.
- to deal or deliver, as a blow.
inflict
/ ɪˈڱɪ /
verb
- often foll byon or upon to impose (something unwelcome, such as pain, oneself, etc)
- rare.to cause to suffer; afflict (with)
- to deal out (blows, lashes, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈڱپDz, noun
- ˈڱٱ, noun
- ˈڱپ, adjective
- ˈڱٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ڱa· adjective
- ·ڱİ ·ڱtǰ noun
- ·ڱt adjective
- i·ڱ verb (used with object)
- ܲi·ڱĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of inflict1
Example Sentences
In effect, when Arsenal finally read Rice's memo, the most important damage had been inflicted.
The prosecutor suggested he had inflicted them himself with a serrated steak knife to bolster his story that Sardinha had attacked him.
Trump has a long history of suing people solely to inflict financial and psychological pain.
But the lesson for Americans couldn’t be clearer, even at a moment when the domestic carnage inflicted by the Trump regime feels limitless and irreparable.
Putin felt he was righting a wrong inflicted on Russia when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea to Ukraine in 1954.
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