Thesaurus results for INFLICTING

inflicting

verb

present participle of inflict

as in imposing

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 inflicting Trump, who once demanded a Nobel Peace Prize, started a war of choice in Iran, inflicting damage that a deal can’t undo. —

Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026 Ashley Nicole Taris, 24, a former KinderCare employee, is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, according to a warrant reviewed by PEOPLE. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 New drones have reached deep into Russian territory, and ISW said Ukraine is inflicting major damage on the Russian energy sector. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026 Authorities arrested Jazya Muldrow-Green, 20, in connection with that case and charged her with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. —

Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026 Traffic through the strait has fallen by 90% since the start of the Iran war, sending global oil prices skyrocketing and inflicting alarming shortages on the Asian nations that get their oil from Persian Gulf countries via the strait. —

David McHugh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 The regime has proved more resilient and more capable of inflicting sustained damage on the region than the president expected. —

Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 What a sad endless cycle of innocent teachers inflicting damage upon innocent students. —

Dan Rockmore, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 Forhan, who was the initial victim of the robbery, has been charged with firing a missile into a building and culpable negligence for inflicting harm. —

Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026

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And year after year, the debt trajectory worsens, imposing a growing burden on the vibrancy of the private sector.

— Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Among the arrested are two employees of Haiti’s Institute for the Preservation of National Heritage, which oversees La Citadelle, an imposing fortress in the northern town of Milot built in the early 1800s where Saturday’s stampede occurred.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026