English to English verb
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impose something unpleasant | | Example: The principal visited his rage on the students
source: wordnet30
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To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. | | source: webster1913
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