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
Drones are Ukraine’s deadliest tool Kyiv said nearly all Russian casualties in March were inflicted by drones.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The 8-year-old girl told the counselor all the wounds were inflicted by her stepmother Joncky, the report read.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
Referees are people, too, and feel the pain inflicted by a video review system that is simply not fit for purpose.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Despite the damage inflicted during the war—including the loss of senior commanders and military infrastructure—the Iranian state remains intact, and so does its core capacity for deterrence.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
In 2010, Fidesz, assisted in part by the bruises inflicted by the global financial crisis, won a sweeping parliamentary majority.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Few of its missiles and drones inflicted physical damage throughout Israel and the Arab world.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent strikes have inflicted significant damage on energy infrastructure in the region, with a recent attack wiping out 17% of output at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG plants, damage that would take years to recover.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The 8-year-old girl told the counselor all the wounds were inflicted by her stepmother Joncky, the report read.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
Referees are people, too, and feel the pain inflicted by a video review system that is simply not fit for purpose.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Despite the damage inflicted during the war—including the loss of senior commanders and military infrastructure—the Iranian state remains intact, and so does its core capacity for deterrence.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
In 2010, Fidesz, assisted in part by the bruises inflicted by the global financial crisis, won a sweeping parliamentary majority.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Few of its missiles and drones inflicted physical damage throughout Israel and the Arab world.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent strikes have inflicted significant damage on energy infrastructure in the region, with a recent attack wiping out 17% of output at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG plants, damage that would take years to recover.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflicted
Verb
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The victim had asked for the maximum sentence to be imposed.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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In February, Home Depot imposed stricter requirements for employee bonuses.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The artist created devotional scenes representing the fourteen Stations of the Cross.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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After a brief pickup in transit attempts on Saturday, shipping traffic in the Gulf stalled once again, with vessels coming under fire mid-passage and being forced to withdraw.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The debate forced a showdown that would have better been avoided.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Born at the zoo in 2024, Neukgu is a third-generation descendent of a group of wolves brought from Russia in 2008 as part of a project to reintroduce wolves resembling those that lived in the Korean wild before going extinct in the 1960s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Read's attorneys claimed that O'Keefe was never hit by a vehicle, but was instead killed inside the home during a fight and then brought outside.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflicted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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