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Synonyms for inflict
ɪnˈflɪktin·flict
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Princeton's WordNet
inflict, bring down, visit, imposeverb
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
Synonyms:
chitchat, land, bring down, confab, overthrow, enforce, inspect, impose, trim down, overturn, lower, get down, call in, cut, jaw, chit-chat, claver, trim back, trim, see, chew the fat, cut down, call, reduce, levy, natter, gossip, travel to, subvert, visit, take down, cut back, put down, shoot the breeze, confabulate, let down, chat, chatter, chaffer
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Inflict vs. Afflict -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Inflict and Afflict.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#64 | see | |
#374 | call | |
#399 | visit | |
#679 | put | |
#773 | land | |
#962 | chat | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#5998 | trim | |
#9152 | gossip | |
#9288 | levy | |
#9781 | impose | |
#10166 | enforce | |
#13099 | inspect | |
#14387 | jaw | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#34028 | inflict | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#101001 | chitchat | |
#122207 | natter | |
#122461 | confab | |
#189313 | claver | |
#319135 | chaffer |
How to use inflict in a sentence?
North Korea's actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves, we are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a private sector entity and the ordinary citizens who worked there.
When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.
We do not know yet the (Iranian) casualty count, but I can say that in terms of our purpose, we focused less on personnel and more on capabilities and hardware ... to inflict long-term damage on the Iranian military establishment in Syria. We assess it will take substantial time to replenish.
Just as we're all connected like never before, we have to work together like never before, both to seize opportunities but also meet the challenges of this information age, it's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.
The harm and detriment to an employer stemming from these kinds of issues are not solely financial, they can inflict greater damage to reputation, public image, productivity and retention.
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