English > inflict: 1 sense > verb 1, communicationMeaning | impose something unpleasant. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody |
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Synonyms | bring down, visit, impose |
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Narrower | clamp | impose or inflict forcefully |
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foist | To force onto another |
give | inflict as a punishment |
intrude, obtrude | thrust oneself in as if by force |
order, prescribe, dictate | issue commands or orders for |
Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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Spanish | cargar, imponer, infligir, inflingir |
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Catalan | imposar, infligir |
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Nouns | infliction | an act causing pain or damage |
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