inflict damage
Frequency: 6.04.1 per million words
to force someone or something to experience harm
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Examples (10)
- They inflicted severe psychological damage on their opponents.
- The airstrikes were intended to inflict maximum damage on enemy infrastructure.
- The hurricane is expected to inflict significant damage along the coastline.
- New trade tariffs could inflict serious damage on the nation's economy.
- Spreading false rumors can inflict irreparable damage to someone's reputation.
- The malware was designed to inflict damage by corrupting critical system files.
- A single cyberattack can inflict catastrophic damage on a company.
- The prolonged drought inflicted untold damage on the region's agriculture.
- His harsh words inflicted more emotional damage than he realized.
- The invading army's goal was to inflict as much damage as possible before retreating.