Thesaurus results for INFLICTED

inflicted

verb

past tense of inflict

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 At issue before the court was the question of whether cities and states may sue oil and gas producers for the damages inflicted by climate change. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 The brutality and inhumanity that white Americans inflicted on free and enslaved Black people drove them out. — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 Worse still, Shawn could not stop thinking about the violent punishment that would be inflicted should the stranger be caught. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 The leading hypothesis is that the whale calves are suffering infections from marine bacteria that can enter their bodies through injuries inflicted by kelp gulls, Uhart said. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Of the tens of thousands of casualties Russia suffers each month, up to 90% are inflicted by drones. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026 The statements were positive but restrained, reflecting the pain inflicted by this saga. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026 Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 Both Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump blaming Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

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Loudspeakers around the protest site warned that gatherings of five or more people were banned in parts of New Delhi, as authorities imposed sweeping security restrictions rarely seen in the capital.

— Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
And just a few weeks after Trump signed a bill into law, sponsored by the late US Senator Lindsey Graham, allowing for punishing sanctions to be imposed on any country that bought Russian oil, Washington has now become a customer itself.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

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Once that was created, the company answered the demand of its customers for a physical location.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
The entry is paired with a suite of portraits of a number of Black men and women wearing MooreWraps, versatile multi-wear garments created by Moore’s sister with proceeds donated to victims of domestic violence and incarceration.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

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Not entirely uneventful, however, as UCLA forced another fumble and picked off Raiola again, ultimately leading coach Dan Lanning to go with Thomas to begin the fourth quarter.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Another issue forced another Mora explosion, as captured (again) by the TV crew.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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But over the course of the past decade, an influx of entrepreneurs plus a comprehensive plan led by the city and REV Birmingham, a nonprofit focused on revitalization and economic development, has brought the center back to life.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Post-production brought three-hour Zoom calls over cuts and music cues.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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