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inflict Significado & definición

0 to force someone to experience something very unpleasant -- causar, infligir
- These new bullets are capable of inflicting massive injuries.
- The suffering inflicted on these children was unimaginable.
1 to cause sb or sth to suffer -- causar
- to inflict pain/damage/violence etc. on sb/sth causar dolor/daño/violencia, etc. a alguien/algo

However, we know that civil actions and the associated major compensation claims, etc. can inflict far more damage than criminal proceedings.
They claimed numerous lives and inflicted massive physical damage.
That is rather like rejoicing when we hurt ourselves, because in that way we no longer feel pain inflicted on us by others.
According to our view of the law these measures are direct trade restrictions that even now, at this cautionary stage, are inflicting serious damage on our domestic firms.
No consumer wants to inflict unnecessary pain and suffering on animals for the sake of the food chain, or make criminals of our vets.
For hundreds of years soldiers had forced their way across the national borders of our continent to inflict war, misery and suffering on others.
They do not, however, explain why a people that suffered so much in the 20th century should now inflict so much suffering on another people in this one.