{
    "term": "inflict",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "inflict",
            "heSheIt": "inflicts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "inflicted",
        "pastParticiple": "inflicted",
        "ingForm": "inflicting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something suffer something unpleasant",
            "sensetop": "inflict something on/upon somebody/somethinginflict something",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.",
                    "contextForm": "inflict something on/upon somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have to inflict that music on us?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm.",
                    "contextForm": "inflict something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rodent’s sharp teeth can inflict a nasty bite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When someone deliberately inflicts damage, it is a matter for the police."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deliberately", "intentionally"],
                "preposition": ["on", "upon"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪkt/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflict__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪkts/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪkt/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflict__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪkts/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈflɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inflict/inflicting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from Latin inflict- ‘struck against’, from the verb infligere, from in- ‘into’ + fligere ‘to strike’."
}