From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinflictin‧flict /ɪnˈflɪkt/ ●●○ verb 1 [transitive]HURT/CAUSE PAIN to make someone suffer something unpleasantinflict something on/upon somebody The strikes inflicted serious damage on the economy. Detectives warned that the men could inflict serious injury.2 → inflict yourself/somebody on somebody —infliction /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/ noun [uncountable] the deliberate infliction of pain→ See Verb tableOrigin inflict (1500-1600) Latin past participle of infligere, from fligere “to hit”
