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inflict
Pronunciation: ⁄ɪnˈflɪkt⁄
verb
[with object]
·              cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something:
they inflicted serious injuries on three other men

·    (inflict something on) impose something unwelcome on:
she is wrong to inflict her beliefs on everyone else

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