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inflicting

verb , present participle of inflict

Synonyms and Antonyms of inflicting

to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted

The criminal inflicted a lifetime of distress on his unsuspecting victims.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of inflicting

entailing, forcing, imposing, thrusting

begetting, bringing, bringing about, bringing on, creating, effectuating, generating, inducing, invoking, making, producing, prompting, resulting (in), spawning

fobbing off, foisting, palming, palming off, passing off, wishing

coercing, compelling

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