inf
lict
Third Person
inflicts
Present Participle
inflicting
Past Tense
inflicted
Past Participle
inflicted
1
to cause or impose something unpleasant, harmful, or unwelcome upon someone or something
transitive
- The hurricane inflicted significant damage on the coastal town.
- The bully sought to inflict emotional pain on his classmates through taunts and insults.
- The criminal's goal was to inflict fear on the community through acts of violence.
- The disease inflicted a great deal of suffering on the affected population.
- The war inflicted lasting trauma on the survivors.
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