What is "inflict" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does inflict mean in English? Meaning of inflict definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "inflict" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "inflict": impose something unpleasant

Verb

  • Meaning: impose something unpleasant
  • Example: The principal visited his rage on the students
  • Synonyms: bring down impose inflict visit
  • Hyponyms: clamp dictate foist give intrude obtrude order prescribe
  • Hypernyms: communicate intercommunicate
  • Synonyms:

    levy, expose, exact, wreak, extort, force, give, visit, require, deliver, administer, command, dispense, strike, apply, subject, bring upon, deal out, force upon, give it to, lay down the law, mete out, stick it to,

    Antonyms:

    withhold, hold, keep, take,

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    inflict in English: inflict
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