inflicted

Violence does accomplish something: It makes people feel pain, perhaps similar to the pain inflicted in the first instance.

Looking back after a decade of misery inflicted by Russia, which the international community has seemed unable or unwilling to prevent, he draws an inevitable conclusion.

While ceding some territory here and there, they inflicted punishing losses on Russia.

Passing sentence, Judge Simon Hirst told Pateman: "The cause of Ms Marshall's death was pneumonia as a result of the injuries inflicted upon her by you."

Now Iran is reeling from severe blows inflicted by Israel, with US support, on its security in the Middle East.