verb
definition
To thrust upon; to impose.
example
They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
Examples of inflict in a Sentence
She wanted to inflict pain.
They cannot destroy the strong, but they can inflict significant damage.
Their ability to inflict carnage will rise in the future.
There are, however, during every winter from one to four severe blizzards, which inflict great damage upon unprotected flocks and herds.
If you do as I tell you, you will increase his chances of surviving the destiny Darkyn intends to inflict upon him.
Calder failed miserably to destroy the French, nor even inflict very serious damage on them.
Instead, a player loses if the villains inflict too much damage to the city.
When attacked by dogs, the males use their sharp canine teeth, which inflict deep and even dangerous wounds.
It was a silent subtle campaign, intended to inflict maximum misery.
You can throw objects to inflict damage or use weapons like machine guns or a large sledgehammer.
According to one study, cats inflict perhaps 400,000 harmful bites in the United States each year.
Dogs usually inflict crush injuries because they have rounded teeth and strong jaws; thus, the bite of an adult dog can exert up to 200 pounds per square inch of pressure.
They shoot foam darts or similar objects designed to neither inflict pain nor damage items inside a home.
True discipline is meant to teach and to guide, not to inflict lasting pain.
For example, if you're teaching kids yoga, the mats might suffer a little more wear and tear than what adult practitioners could inflict.
The longest, Theriaca, is an hexameter poem (958 lines) on the nature of venomous animals and the wounds which they inflict.
Motivated by extreme, even apocalyptic ideologies, some terrorists ' ambitions to inflict mayhem seem unlimited.
Not even the German bombs could inflict more devastation on the capital of Ulster in the last war.
A well aimed kick from them can smash the skull of a hunting dog or inflict serious injury on a lion.
Neither of these actions were sufficiently forceful to inflict pain.
The spines can be a problem in gardens as they can inflict wounds.
To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing.
The sacred college had grown especially worldly and troublesome since the time of Sixtus IV., and Leo took advantage of a plot of several of its members to poison him, not only to inflict exemplary punishments by executing one and imprisoning several others, but also to make a radical change in the college.
The spirits which cause disease may be human or non-human and their influence is shown in more than one way; they may enter the body of the victim (see Possession), and either dominate his mind as well as his body, inflict specific diseases, or cause pains of various sorts.
In modern Protestantism there is a growing disinclination to deal even with errors of belief by ecclesiastical censure; the appeal to the civil authority to inflict any penalty is abandoned.
Meanwhile, whenever a " suitable " pretext presents itself, Israeli troops use bulldozers to inflict " collective punishment.
Identity thieves might steal information and wait sometime before they inflict any damage.
Since the divorce rate in America began to increase during the mid 20th century, child advocates have lectured adults about the possible damage early childhood pain can inflict on young minds.
Living in a modern world means that adults are more enlightened about the possible damage a bitter divorce can inflict on young minds.
Maximize the amount of damage you can inflict on your enemies by upgrading Poseidon's Rage to the highest level as quickly as possible.
Undergoing a c-section may inflict psychological distress on the mother, beyond hormonal mood swings and postpartum depression.
Women who inflict SBS are more likely to be babysitters or child care providers than the baby's mother.
This can inflict further damage on the elastic.
Freed, yet still terrified, the husband seized the gun and shot her in the back before she could inflict any further harm.
Medical liability release forms are necessary for businesses or individuals who provide goods or services that have the potential - no matter how small - to inflict injury on a customer or participant.
Because they are twins, they are able to fight as one and inflict good amounts of damange.
The Holy Synod can only inflict temporary suspension, or imprisonment for fifteen days, unless with the sanction of the King's ministry.
Mack's march to Ulm was therefore a necessity of the situation, and his continuance in this exposed position, if foolhardy against such an adversary, was at any rate the outcome of the high resolve that even if beaten he would inflict crippling losses upon the enemy.
The boys have a government of their own, elect their officials from among themselves, and inflict such punishment on any of their number as the boys deem merited.
They are all more or less poisonous, paralysing their prey before, or during the act of swallowing; the poison-fangs standing so far back in the mouth, these snakes cannot easily inflict wounds with them on man; moreover, the poison is not very strong and not available in large quantities.
The Consistory was thus a sort of committee of the councils, and it had no power to inflict civil punishment on offenders.
He wished to inflict a severe blow before the enemy could be reinforced by the late besiegers of Port Arthur, and sent Grippenberg with seven divisions against Oku's two on the Japanese left.
As there was no gold in the country the number of settlers was small, the loose tribal organization of the natives made it impossible to inflict a vital defeat on them, and the mountainous and thickly wooded country lent itself admirably to a warfare of surprises and ambuscades.
The wary Afghan, however, shut himself upin Kazvin, a position from which he was enabled to inflict much injury on the army of Karirn, while his own troops remained unharmed behind the walls of the town.
In some species of the South American frogs of the genus Leptodactylus the breast and hands are armed with very large spines, which inflict deep wounds on the female held in embrace.
Iran's several nuclear bombs can inflict more damage on America than the World War II.
The privilege granted to religious bodies alone to inflict this cruelty should not be tolerated in a humane society.
Whether what they inflict is, in their intention, good or bad, they become equally frivolous.
Economic sanctions, by their very nature, are designed to inflict economic hardship on civilian populations.
Dressing to impress could inflict havoc on your purse/wallet.