WORD: INFLICT
MEANING:
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).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Army inflicts 'heavy casualties' on Naga militants along Indo-Myanmar border, denies it was surgical strike
PRONOUNCE:
in·flict - इन्फ्लिक्ट
LINK: INFLICT
MEANING:
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).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Army inflicts 'heavy casualties' on Naga militants along Indo-Myanmar border, denies it was surgical strike
PRONOUNCE:
in·flict - इन्फ्लिक्ट
LINK: INFLICT
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