inflict
verb
[ ɪnˈflɪkt ]
• cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.
• "they inflicted serious injuries on three other men"
Similar:
administer to,
deal out to,
mete out to,
serve out to,
deliver to,
apply to,
lay,
impose,
exact,
wreak,
cause to,
give to,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from Latin inflict- ‘struck against’, from the verb infligere, from in- ‘into’ + fligere ‘to strike’.
