inflictiveadj.
/ɪnˈflɪktɪv/ Tending to inflict; pertaining to infliction.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > attended by or causing affliction > inflicting
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] > inflicting mental pain or suffering
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inflictif,..inflictiue, inflicting; or, of property to inflict.
1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 36 Nor have they any inflictive power on his person.
1779 Whitehead Ode his Majesty's Birth-day Like her own oak..Ev'n from the steel's inflictive sting, New force she gains.
1841 T. Moore Summer Fête in Poet. Wks. IV. 322 Without the aid Of that inflictive process, tuning.
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