inflict

Main Entry:
inflict [in-flikt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: impose something
Synonyms: administer, apply, bring upon, command, deal out, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, force upon, give, give it to, lay down the law, levy, mete out, require, stick it to, strike, subject, visit, wreak
Notes: afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects
inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with'
Main Entry: bring
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause; influence
Synonyms: begin, compel, contribute to, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, produce, prompt, result in, sway, wreak
Antonyms: avoid, back out, desist, give up, hold back, pass up
Main Entry: canker
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blight, corrupt
Synonyms: animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demand
Synonyms: adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn
Notes: an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels
Antonyms: contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke
Main Entry: deal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distribute
Synonyms: administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, come across with, deliver, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, divvy, dole out, drop, fork out, fork over, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, mete out, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike
Antonyms: hold, keep
Main Entry: deliver
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: administer; throw
Synonyms: aim, deal, direct, dispatch, fling, give, hurl, inflict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit
Main Entry: dish out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distribute
Synonyms: allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out, fork over, furnish, give out, hand, hand out, hand over, inflict, ladle, mete out, present, produce, scoop, serve, serve up, spoon, supply, transfer, turn over
Antonyms: take
Main Entry: force
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obligate to do something
Synonyms: apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring
Antonyms: let go
Main Entry: impose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: set, dictate
Synonyms: appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, force upon, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lade, lay, lay down, lay down the law, levy, move in on, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, put foot down, read riot act, require, saddle, take advantage, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck
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