deliberately inflict

Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words

To inflict something on purpose, with full awareness.

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Examples (10)

  • When someone deliberately inflicts damage, it is a matter for the police.
  • The bully deliberately inflicted pain on his classmates.
  • She was accused of deliberately inflicting emotional distress.
  • Such actions deliberately inflict harm on vulnerable individuals.
  • He deliberately inflicted a series of small injuries to avoid military service.
  • The company deliberately inflicted financial loss on its competitors through unfair practices.
  • It is unethical to deliberately inflict suffering on animals.
  • By spreading false rumors, they deliberately inflicted reputational damage.
  • The artist deliberately inflicted cuts into the canvas as part of his protest art.
  • No one should deliberately inflict such cruelty upon another human being.