English to German Meaning of inflict - zufügen


Inflict :
zufügen

zufügen, Streik, Dienen, Pflanze, erreichen, absitzen, einbetten, einstellen, Sitz, Gründen, liefern, geben, Angebot, gewähren, Zahlen, stellen, auferlegen, zuschreiben

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Definitions of inflict in English
Verb(1) impose something unpleasant
Examples of inflict in English
(1) she is wrong to inflict her beliefs on everyone else(2) Its whip-like tail can drive a tail spine into an intruder and inflict a painful wound.(3) I grabbed the gaffing hook and managed to inflict a minor flesh wound in his calf before we called it quits.(4) The defendant was found to have a stainless steel multi-tool with a knife blade on it which he had used to inflict the wounds.(5) She cut him on his side, inflicting wounds up to seven inches long.(6) At one level, this is certainly the case: the loss of a top operative inevitably inflicts some damage on the operational capabilities of an organisation.(7) The more polite inflictor of this mildly embarrassing situation will usually hastily strafe away in a breakneck fashion.(8) In the first place, stiffer sentences need to be imposed on any person who stabs or inflicts bodily harm on another person.(9) His strike hit home, knocking a few of the armoured scales loose and inflicting a minor wound.(10) The speech itself was not the inflicter of the excruciating pain.(11) A single large rocket inflicts damage equivalent to that of a large mortar shell.(12) Wounds were inflicted by puncturing the plant material three times with a hypodermic needle.(13) However, some of them aren't exactly inflictable .(14) The function calculates their distance from the center of the explosion and based on this and the maximum damage inflictable by the weapon, updates the health of the object.(15) My colleagues and I are living in a city recovering from the wounds inflicted last week.(16) But globalisation inflicts insecurities on many whose cultures are put on the defensive and whose civilisations, after ages of little change, are compelled to adapt to outside influences.
Related Phrases of inflict
(1) to inflict ::
zuzufügen
(2) inflict pain ::
Schmerzen zufügen
Synonyms
Verb
1. administer to ::
verwalten zu
2. impose ::
auferlegen
3. bring down ::
erlegen
Different Forms
inflict, inflicted, inflicting, inflictive, inflicts
Word Example from TV Shows
didn't inflict their vanity
on those who came after them,

didn't INFLICT their vanity on those who came after them,

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7

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