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inflict
verb as in impose something
Example Sentences
Then there are extreme weather events supercharged by climate change that can inflict immediate, wide-spread damage.
South Africa are overwhelming favourites to inflict defeat on Wales, who have lost their past 11 Test matches.
Chronic stress can inflict more serious damage to the immune system and make people more vulnerable to heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, infertility, clinical anxiety, depression and other ailments.
That means Netanyahu has roughly 70 days to inflict as much damage as possible against Hamas militants in Gaza and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"I refused to participate in Band Aid because I recognised the harm initiatives like it inflict on Africa," he wrote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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