[
US
/ˌɪnˈfɫɪkt/
]
[ UK /ɪnflˈɪkt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnflˈɪkt/ ]
VERB
-
impose something unpleasant
The principal visited his rage on the students
How To Use inflict In A Sentence
- Though manœuvring went on for four days and a good deal of damage was inflicted, the result was indecisive, no ships being captured or sunk.
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- As estimated by the staff of the Joint Force, around two-thirds of losses were inflicted by snipers operating within such parties, who would fire from embrasures in basement walls, top-story windows and roofs.
- And while Annie inflicts humiliation and degradation and withholds pain relief and food Paul is forced to write a new chapter every day simply to stay alive.
- Jas Duke was the artist who turned the infliction of a stammer into some of the greatest performance poetry ever.
- However, the destruction of so many kamikaze flights did a great deal to undermine the potential for damage that the kamikazes could have inflicted.
- The alleged sexual and physical assault was inflicted on a young Latvian man at Station Road, Portarlington recently.
- They inflicted severe psychological damage on their opponents.
- Most had fresh bruises, which he himself no doubt had inflicted, and looked to be even easier pushovers than before.
- How much evil is the current government going to inflict on our world before we wake up and boot them out?