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inflict

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in·flict  (n-flkt)
tr.v. in·flict·ed, in·flict·ing, in·flicts
1. To deal or mete out (something punishing or burdensome); impose: inflicted heavy losses on the enemy; a storm that inflicted widespread damage.
2. To afflict.

[Latin nflgere, nflct- : in-, on; see in-2 + flgere, to strike.]

in·flicter, in·flictor n.
in·flictive adj.

inflict
Verb
1. to impose (something unpleasant) on
2. to deliver (a blow or wound) [Latin infligere to strike (something) against]
infliction n
inflictor n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.inflictinflict - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
dictate, prescribe, order - issue commands or orders for
obtrude, intrude - thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
clamp - impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
give - inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
foist - to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

inflict
verb impose, exact, administer, visit, apply, deliver, levy, wreak, mete or deal out
Translations
inflict [ɪnˈflɪkt] vt to inflict on → infligir en [+ tax etc]; imponer a

inflict [ɪnˈflɪkt] vt to inflict on → infliger à

inflict [ɪnˈflɪkt] vt to inflict sth on sb (damage, suffering, wound) → jdm etw zufügen;
(punishment) → jdm etw auferlegen (fig) (problems) → jdn mit etw belasten

inflict [ɪnˈflɪkt] vt to inflict on → infliggere a

inflict
v inflict [inˈflikt]
(withon) to give or impose (something unpleasant and unwanted) Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?; She is always inflicting her company on me. toebring, oplê يَفْرِض، يُنْزِل налагам udělit; vnucovat påføre; tildele; volde aufbürden επιβάλλω infligir nuhtlema تحمیل کردن tuottaa, tyrkyttää infliger (qqch. à qqn) לִגרוֹם दंड देना nanijeti, zadati kiró membebankan veita, valda infliggere 押しつける (고통·형벌)을 가하다 paskirti, primesti uzlikt (sodu); uztiept; radīt (ciešanas, zaudējumus u.tml.) mengakibatkan opleggen påføre, tildele, volde nakładać, narzucać infligir a impune; a produce налагать; навязывать(ся) uložiť; vnútiť sa (komu) naložiti (kazen); vsiliti zadati pålägga, vålla, tillfoga, tilldela, påtvinga สร้างความเจ็บปวด vermek, uğratmak 使遭受 накладати; нав'язувати لگانا یا عائد کرنا bắt phải chịu 使
n inˈfliction [-ʃən]
oplegging فَرْض، إنْزال، تَسْديد налагане udělení tildeling die Strafe επιβολή imposición, castigo kaelamäärimine تحمیل سازی؛ وارد آوردن tuottaminen infliction גְרִימַת סֵבֶל दंड देना, मार nanošenje, zadavanje kiszabás, kirovás pembebanan íþynging; byrði inflizione 苦難 (고통을) 가하기, 고통 paskyrimas, primetimas (soda) uzlikšana; (ciešanu u.tml.) radīšana; nelaime menyebabkan oplegging hjemsøkelse, straff; tildeling narzucenie imposição cauzare; suferinţă наложение;наказание uloženie breme zadatost påläggande, påtvingande การลงโทษ ceza (verme), eziyet (etme) 處罰 накладання покарання; заподіяння سر منڈھنے کا عمل sự bắt phải chịu


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Vernon's consciousness of deserving every sort of revenge that it can be in my power to inflict for her ill-offices could alone enable her to perceive that I am actuated by any design in behaviour so gentle and unpretending.
Out of this pack-persecution he learned two important things: how to take care of himself in a mass-fight against him--and how, on a single dog, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the briefest space of time.
I am in search of a man who has done me the cruelest wrong that one human creature can inflict on another.
 
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