inflict

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US /ɪnˈflɪkt/
verb Freq #16929

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To thrust upon; to impose.

    They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.

  2. 2
    verb

    impose something unpleasant

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflīctus, past participle of īnflīgō, from in- + flīgō (“strike”).

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to thrust upon; to impose. exactfetchvisitwreak
2 verb · impose something unpleasant visit

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