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inflictive
in·flict I0132300 (ĭn-flĭkt′)tr.v. in·flict·ed, in·flict·ing, in·flicts 1. To cause (something injurious or harmful), as to a person, group, or area: claws that inflicted a deep wound; an attack that inflicted heavy losses; a storm that inflicted widespread damage.2. To force to undergo or experience (something unwanted): "the piano lessons he inflicted on his son" (Christopher Miller).3. To deal or deliver (a blow, for example).
[Latin īnflīgere, īnflīct- : in-, on; see in-2 + flīgere, to strike.]
in·flict′er, in·flic′tor n.in·flic′tive adj.IdiomsSeeinflict |