inflict
/ɪnˈflɪkt/ verb C1- To thrust upon; to impose. · They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.· The enemy's artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.
He/she/it inflicts · Past inflicted · Past participle inflicted · -ing form inflicting
Verb forms
- Base form
- inflict
- He/she/it
- inflicts
- Past
- inflicted
- Past participle
- inflicted
- -ing form
- inflicting
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“By the help of his eyes, which are still full of life, and, as you perceive, possess the power of inflicting mortal injury.”
Darcy’s shameful boast of what misery he had been able to inflict gave her a keener sense of her sister’s sufferings.
If it be so, if I have been misled by such error to inflict pain on her, your resentment has not been unreasonable.
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
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