deliberately inflict
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
To inflict something on purpose, with full awareness.
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- 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.