Synonyms for inflicting
in·flict·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflicting":

   causing, imposing

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1. Andrew Arthur:

   Perhaps the president is ignorant of the carnage he is inflicting, but due to his failure to travel to the Mexican border and see the consequences of his actions — and inactions — himself, he has only himself and his advisers to blame.

2. Harold Henderson:

   While the discipline assessed is indeed greater than in most prior cases, this is arguably one of the most egregious cases of domestic violence in this Commissioner's tenure -- the severe beating of a 4-year old child, with a tree branch, striking him repeatedly about the body and inflicting injuries visible days later.

3. Leonard Rubenstein:

   Policies barring participation in interrogation and force feeding are necessary to enable health professionals to fulfill ethical obligations adopted by the health professions to avoid inflicting harm, to be loyal to their patients, and to exercise independent professional judgment, adherence to these ethical standards protects the rights of members of the military and detainees in military custody and also makes our military stronger by avoiding a gulf between military and civilian medicine that could impair recruiting of well qualified health professionals.

4. President Biden:

   Putin is inflicting appalling, appalling devastation and horror onUkraine, bombing apartment buildings, maternity wards, hospitals. I mean, it's god-awful, the world is united in our support for Ukraine and our determination to make Putin pay a very heavy price.

5. Marcel Ophuls:

   Puritanism...helps us enjoy our misery while we are inflicting it on others.