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inflicts
verb as in impose something
Example Sentences
The pain Deborah inflicts on Ava is at once very personal and notoriously endemic to the entertainment business, a Darwinian factory that demands round-the-clock creative labor.
"Blocking aid starves civilians. It leaves them without basic medical support. It strips them of dignity and hope. It inflicts a cruel collective punishment. Blocking aid kills."
"And President Trump needs to show some leadership and reign in Doge before it inflicts more harm."
Despite the terrible toll it inflicts, there is no sign of crude bomb violence in West Bengal ending.
The specter of armed conflict inflicts damages on people beyond the litany of physical wounds that need tending.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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