Synonym: bring about, cause, effect, give, impose, produce, wreak. Similar words: conflict, conflict with, conflict of interest, afflict, afflicted, affliction, afflictive, unflinching. Meaning: [ɪn'flɪkt] v. impose something unpleasant.
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(31) He's in a position to inflict major damage, and he does.
(32) Ask your glass merchant to rub down the newly-cut edges as plate glass can inflict nasty injuries.
(33) Against an immobile target, such as a wall, even the early cannon could inflict quite considerable damage.
(34) The rivals could only inflict saddle sores and ulcers, indignities and humiliations on each other as they disrupted families and towns.
(35) The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound.
(36) However, an effective competition policy needs power to control mergers because of the serious damage they may inflict on competition.
(37) Detectives are linking it with a series of recent armed robberies, and warn the men could inflict serious injury.
(38) The precise reasoning behind the apparent intent to inflict fatalities and casualties among the civilian population in Britain is far from clear.
(39) This spine has a serrated edge and can inflict painful wounds.
(40) Not to save myself from your anger,[http://sentencedict.com/inflict.html] or my body from whatever punishment you may choose to inflict on it.
(41) Most horses panic, and then they can inflict terrible damage upon themselves.
(42) Stripped of his power to inflict harm on me, he seemed terribly ordinary.
(43) Finally, retroactive cost justification fails because it never takes into account the qualitative costs that self-defeating actions inflict on organizational performance.
(44) Even if it were only a dozen, they could with megaton bombs inflict widespread devastation.
(45) However, it is possible for other war engines and large monsters to inflict damage on them.
(46) This short-tailed shrew can inflict an unpleasant bite with the help of spittle from its venomous salivary glands.
(47) How dare, Lamb demanded, these mere painters inflict their visions of Juliet and Rosalind upon the public?
(48) Whatever their number, with the technology available to them, they can inflict major harm.
(49) She looked into his eyes, into their endless blackness, seeking silent reassurance that he would inflict no more pain.
(50) The second group comprises patients who inflict serious injuries on themselves with considerable suicidal intent.
(51) You are going to inflict such a defeat on the enemy that he will never recover.
(52) We all think it wrong to inflict pain gratuitously, but our reason for obeying this principle is not that others do.
(53) The bill seeks to make it a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any animal.
(54) In the past, juries have usually sided with the industry, holding smokers liable for the damage they inflict on themselves.
(55) As for Mr Hussein's chemical weapons, they could still inflict horrible injuries on the allies if they are used.
(56) I would not inflict on her either this knowledge, or this eventual indignity.
(57) From early childhood they are schooled not to inflict themselves on others.
(58) The accused's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury.
(59) The threat to inflict pain may trigger fears more damaging than the immediate sensation of pain.
(60) People take no account of the costs and benefits their actions inflict on others.
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