Synonyms for inflict
ɪnˈflɪktin·flict

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1. inflict

   Synonyms:
   impose, put, lay on

   Antonyms:
   remove, alleviate, suspend, spare

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1. 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, inflict, shoot the breeze, confabulate, let down, chat, chatter, chaffer

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1. inflictverb

   Synonyms:
   impose, lay on

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflict":

   impose, cause

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1. Ahmed Nagi:

   An explosion or spillage from the tanker would not only result in an environmental disaster but also inflict significant damage on economic activities.

2. Sean MacFarland:

   We can't inflict help on somebody, they have to ask for it, they have to want it, and we’re here to provide it as required, everything that the secretary said is really still on the table.

3. Vincent Cochetel:

   To leave people who have fled war and violence in Libya on the high seas in this weather would be to inflict suffering upon suffering, they must be immediately allowed to dock, and allowed to receive much-needed humanitarian aid.

4. Win Htet Oo:

   I do not wish to participate in the Tokyo Games under the stewardship of a NOC [ National Olympic Committee ] that is tied to a regime that continues to inflict suffering on my people.

5. Getty Images:

   They want to inflict a strategic defeat on us and climb all over our nuclear facilities, so I’d like to make the announcement today that Russia is suspending its participation in the START Treaty.