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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 51Թ Forms
- ·ڱa· adjective
- ·ڱİ ·ڱtǰ noun
- ·ڱt adjective
- i·ڱ verb (used with object)
- ܲi·ڱĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inflict1
Example Sentences
The American people — or at least enough of them in certain parts of the country — inflicted this disaster on themselves.
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.
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