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UK
/ɪnflˈɪkʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈfɫɪkʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈfɫɪkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an act causing pain or damage
- the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
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something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
a bit of a bother
he's not a friend, he's an infliction
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
How To Use infliction In A Sentence
- Jas Duke was the artist who turned the infliction of a stammer into some of the greatest performance poetry ever.
- In relation to Infliction and intelligence material generally Mr. McGrory said it was unreliable, unchecked and unsourced.
- He follows up this general castigation of the owners of the above properties with the infliction of a special cowhiding upon the Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
- Athlete's foot is another common infliction, and is caused when the acid balance of the skin has become too alkaline.
- I can't wait for our Justice Department to look into King County's waterboarding, illegal renditions, and deliberate infliction of pain approximating that of organ failure, because we all know how much our federal government has strongly opposed such practices over the last five years. Sound Politics: Federal investigation of King County Jail
- Cameron did not satisfy the state law requirements to support a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- An astonishing number of his shorter works follow the inspiration of Crash, also filmed, this time by David Cronenberg, in morbid and almost loving accounts of “wound profiles,” gashes, fractures, and other inflictions on the flesh and bones. The Catastrophist
- A harsh and cruel sentence," said the knight, "and one at the infliction whereof I know your noble nature relucted. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance
- In theory, an effort is made in "conventional" wars to be discriminating in the infliction of war deaths. Death, Legal and Illegal
- Jones undertakes to examine defamation and related ‘expressive transgressions’ such as invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.