verb □ to inflict pain or damage on someone to cause pain or damage to someone ○ Drugs can inflict serious harm on young people. ○ The bombs inflicted heavy damage on the capital.
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. “What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace?” Drygen. “The persecution and the pain
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds.” Cowper.
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds.” Cowper.
Meaning of “inflict” in English language – verb □ to inflict pain or damage on some...
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