English verb: inflict | |||
1. | inflict (communication) impose something unpleasant | ||
Samples | The principal visited his rage on the students. | ||
Synonyms | bring down, impose, visit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | clamp, dictate, foist, give, intrude, obtrude, order, prescribe | ||