inflict
(in FLIKT)
The verb inflict means to cause someone or something suffer something unpleasant.
The
court supported the lower court's decision on grounds that the three,
if released, could inflict
damage on the election process leading to a crisis.
The
Hizbollah sources estimated 35 casualties had been inflicted on the
force and said Israeli attempts to evacuate casualties had failed.
Wei
Yong, 47, a former government official, knows something about the
environmental destruction coal mining can inflict on the land.
Gao
Man Hua also used a needle to inflict
puncture wounds on 19-year-old Yahya Herin Kartikawati, burned her with
an iron and kicked her in the back.
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