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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
Putin felt he was righting a wrong inflicted on Russia when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea to Ukraine in 1954.
The pain Trump is inflicting now, I fear, will serve no real purpose at all.
“Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools” is an important work in the growing literature about the trauma those boarding schools inflicted on generations of Native peoples.
Canada's government has previously said its position is to implement "dollar-for-dollar" tariffs with the aim of inflicting maximum pain on the US economy.
Davis is expected to be charged with five counts of misdemeanor battery, battery causing serious injury, use of force likely to cause significant injury, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and criminal threats.
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