inflict synonyms

inflict

v.

  1. To deal

    deliver, mete out, deal out, strike, do to, perpetrate, dispense, give out, wreak, bring down upon, lay on, administer; see also cause 2.

  2. To impose

    force upon, apply, exact, visit; see force 1, require 2.

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