[VN] ~ sth (on / upon sb/sth) to make sb/sth suffer sth unpleasant:
They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. * They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm. * Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy. * The rodent's sharp teeth can inflict a nasty bite. * (humorous) Do you have to inflict that music on us?
infliction noun [U]:
the infliction of pain / harm / injury
PHRASALVERBS
inflict yourself / sb on sb (often humorous) to force sb to spend time with you/sb when they do not want to:
Sorry to inflict myself on you again like this! * She inflicted her nephew on them for the weekend.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for inflict is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is inflict a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, inflict is tagged as verb.
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