inflict
verb (used with object)
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered.
has inflicted
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present perfectof inflict (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After everything Russia has inflicted on Ukraine, Kyiv isn’t about to turn to Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And over the past 11 weeks, the alliance has inflicted a series of humiliating defeats on the military along the Chinese border.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
But development has inflicted severe damage on salmon habitat, threatening their survival.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
This issue will be salient if the international community is ever in a position to pressure Russia to repair the vast material damage it has inflicted on Ukraine.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
Even if I should have to deny myself now and then, what is it in comparison with the injury that my heedlessness has inflicted upon the poor child?
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
