inflict

Found in thesaurus: intercommunicate, communicate

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inflict
v. impose, mete out (punishment, etc.); cause something unpleasant (suffering, etc.)

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inflict

Verb
1. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
(synonym) bring down, visit, impose
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) order, prescribe, dictate
(derivation) infliction


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inflict
v. vnutit komu

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inflict
Czas. narzucać; zadawać

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Inflict
(v. t.)
To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.
  

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