visit sth on/upon sb
old use or formal— phrasal verb with visit uk/ˈvɪz.ɪt/us/ˈvɪz.ɪt/verb
to cause damage to a place or to harm a person:
He left in 1983, horrified by the devastation that warfare and famine had visited on his homeland.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- sour
- tell on sb
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