infliction

inflict | American Dictionary

inflict
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈflɪkt/
to force someone or something to experience something unpleasant:
Why would anyone inflict harm on a helpless animal?

Examples of inflict

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Often, the sanctions inflicted on those seeking to be elected were as much intra- as inter-ethnic or tribal.
So when the eighth child died, those who buried it inflicted some injuries under the sole of the feet, probably with thorns.
The party secretary was accused of participating in the planning of the attack (their plan was not to inflict fatal injuries on the villagers).
The person inflicting the sanction may, of course, happen to form an opinion on these matters identical to that of the state.
One merits exactly the harm one has inflicted.
In contrast, the corporations operating private prisons inflict sanctions whose severity is determined by the state.
The central role of the state in determining the severity of these sanctions and inflicting them requires justification.
There are plenty of peoples across the world who do not believe that humans can inflict harm by non-physical means.
These negative reactions may in turn lead to the infliction of (justified or unjustified) privately inflicted sanctions such as social stigmatization and isolation.
Such a tax should be based on the average cost that emissions from diesel vehicles inflict on the society.
Under the first type of justification-the instrumental justification-the state is the appropriate agent to inflict criminal sanctions simply because it is deliberative and impartial.
Problems emerged on two fronts stemming from the same lack of self-analysis that inflicted previous popular genres.
Why should not the power to inflict sanctions be assigned to the agent who is most likely to exercise it properly?
In species where females are vectors of disease or inflict painful bites, it is important to minimize the number of females released.
The entire clause is a logistical cryptogram and represents the epitome of logistical horror inflicted by the multiple standards of the presidency system.
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