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to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted
The criminal inflicted a lifetime of distress on his unsuspecting victims.
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Recent Examples of inflicts
The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.
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Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Boiling water acts as a contact herbicide that inflicts thermal shock on the weeds' plant cells.
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David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
These arrests also take officers off the streets for hours to process these arrests, which inflicts a financial toll on the CPD’s overtime budget.
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Silvana Tabares,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
There is also a growing body of credible evidence showing how EdTech inflicts emotional, cognitive, physical, and developmental harms on children, adolescents, and young adults, while displacing the human relationships that are essential to healthy human development and well-being.
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Dr. Timothy Scott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Scott inflicts Ohm’s nonchalant meanness with a piercingly perverse matter-of-factness that places the character as far away as possible from the realm of likeability.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
On the one hand, the damage that Israel inflicts in the coming days and weeks will further weaken Hezbollah and increase the chances of successful disarmament.
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Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Boiling water acts as a contact herbicide that inflicts thermal shock on the weeds' plant cells.
—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
These arrests also take officers off the streets for hours to process these arrests, which inflicts a financial toll on the CPD’s overtime budget.
—
Silvana Tabares,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
There is also a growing body of credible evidence showing how EdTech inflicts emotional, cognitive, physical, and developmental harms on children, adolescents, and young adults, while displacing the human relationships that are essential to healthy human development and well-being.
—
Dr. Timothy Scott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Scott inflicts Ohm’s nonchalant meanness with a piercingly perverse matter-of-factness that places the character as far away as possible from the realm of likeability.
—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
On the one hand, the damage that Israel inflicts in the coming days and weeks will further weaken Hezbollah and increase the chances of successful disarmament.
—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflicts
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Filing Deadlines Matter The state imposes strict statutory deadlines that govern how long a family has to formally file a lawsuit.
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Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America.
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Summerville creates chances mostly by cutting in on his preferred right foot, as shown on the dashboard, and is unafraid to pick out shots from congested central areas.
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To prevent the organs from being rejected by their new human hosts, Revivicor deactivated a gene that codes for the enzyme that creates the alpha-gal molecule.
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Camp Meeker Cabin stands as a thoughtful retreat that brings mountain living back to its essentials.
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Air conditioning will be keeping millions of Americans safe and comfortable over the holiday weekend as a heat dome brings dangerous conditions to millions.
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“Inflicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflicts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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