Synonyms of inflicts

inflicts

verb

present tense third-person singular of inflict

as in imposes

to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted

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

Related Words

• imposes
• creates
• brings
• forces
• induces
• generates
• entails
• produces
• invokes
• thrusts
• wishes
• spawns
• makes
• begets
• effectuates
• brings about
• prompts
• results (in)
• brings on
• foists
• compels
• coerces
• palms
• passes off
• palms off
• fobs off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflicts

In the end, the young cockroaches proved so resilient because Modi’s regime of control had no punishment or humiliation to threaten them with beyond what the system already inflicts on them every day. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death. — Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026

Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026

Boiling water acts as a contact herbicide that inflicts thermal shock on the weeds' plant cells. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 16 May 2026

These arrests also take officers off the streets for hours to process these arrests, which inflicts a financial toll on the CPD’s overtime budget. — Silvana Tabares, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

There is also a growing body of credible evidence showing how EdTech inflicts emotional, cognitive, physical, and developmental harms on children, adolescents, and young adults, while displacing the human relationships that are essential to healthy human development and well-being. — Dr. Timothy Scott, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026

The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026

Scott inflicts Ohm’s nonchalant meanness with a piercingly perverse matter-of-factness that places the character as far away as possible from the realm of likeability. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026