inflict

About 1.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To thrust upon; to impose.

   They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.

Similar words

bring down impose visit wreak suffer provoke expose perpetrate subject undergo

Often followed by

on upon a the pain punishment injury it any

Word family

inflicted inflicter inflicters inflicting inflictive inflictor inflictors inflicts