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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

inflict
    v 1: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his
         rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down,
         visit, impose]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflicted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Inflicting.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to
   strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike.
   Cf. Flail.]
   To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking;
   to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to
   bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a
   wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude;
   to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty
   of death on a criminal.
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         What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire
         disgrace?                                --Drygen.
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         The persecution and the pain
         That man inflicts on all inferior kinds. --Cowper.
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Thesaurus Results for inflict:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accomplish, achieve, administer, afflict, apply, bring, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, bring upon, burden with, charge, commit, deal, deliver, demand, do, do to, effect, effectuate, enjoin, exact, expose, fasten upon, force, force upon, freight with, give, go and do, impose, impose on, impose upon, inflict on, inflict upon, lay, lay on, levy, make, pay, perpetrate, place, produce, pull off, put, put down, put on, put upon, realize, render, saddle with, set, strike, subject, subject to, take and do, task, tax, trouble, up and do, visit, visit upon, weight down with, wreak, wreck, yoke with

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