as in imposed
to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted
The criminal inflicted a lifetime of distress on his unsuspecting victims.
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Recent Examples of inflicted
Debby inflicted severe damage in parts of Florida, but the situation worsened when Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit the same areas.
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Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Kyiv did not say what damage, if any, the attack inflicted on the plant’s production capabilities.
—Afp, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
Many of Han’s novels are intimate portraits of violence inflicted on ordinary lives, spanning both South Korea’s long history of authoritarian rule and the feminist struggles of the present.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
The vast majority of these businesses are small and family-owned, and simply can’t afford to have the damage inflicted on them by our government.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Many of Han’s novels are intimate portraits of violence inflicted on ordinary lives, spanning both South Korea’s long history of authoritarian rule and the feminist struggles of the present.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Greek gods are famous for their uncontrollable lust, and amusingly petty, vindictive punishments inflicted on those unfortunate enough to insult them.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Tangent Businesses and historic sites in North Carolina are still discovering how much damage the storm inflicted.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains of western North Carolina are relying on old-fashioned ways of communicating and coping.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Kyiv did not say what damage, if any, the attack inflicted on the plant’s production capabilities.
—Afp, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
Many of Han’s novels are intimate portraits of violence inflicted on ordinary lives, spanning both South Korea’s long history of authoritarian rule and the feminist struggles of the present.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
The vast majority of these businesses are small and family-owned, and simply can’t afford to have the damage inflicted on them by our government.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Many of Han’s novels are intimate portraits of violence inflicted on ordinary lives, spanning both South Korea’s long history of authoritarian rule and the feminist struggles of the present.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Greek gods are famous for their uncontrollable lust, and amusingly petty, vindictive punishments inflicted on those unfortunate enough to insult them.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Tangent Businesses and historic sites in North Carolina are still discovering how much damage the storm inflicted.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains of western North Carolina are relying on old-fashioned ways of communicating and coping.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflicted
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For the past 30 years, California has imposed limits on those limits.Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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Canada and the United States have in recent months imposed much higher tariffs of 100 percent on Chinese electric car imports.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
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Reportedly, Becker obtained the answers to the puzzles in the early 2020s and subsequently created a Discord server to revitalize interest in the treasure hunt.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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For each service ticket, there’s a range of data available, including when the ticket was created and resolved, where multi-hops occurred and where the service process stalled or ran into difficulties.Shoeb Javed, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflicted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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