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- noun Plural form of
infliction .
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Examples
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An astonishing number of his shorter works follow the inspiration of Crash, also filmed, this time by David Cronenberg, in morbid and almost loving accounts of “wound profiles,” gashes, fractures, and other inflictions on the flesh and bones.
The Catastrophist 2010
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An astonishing number of his shorter works follow the inspiration of Crash, also filmed, this time by David Cronenberg, in morbid and almost loving accounts of “wound profiles,” gashes, fractures, and other inflictions on the flesh and bones.
The Catastrophist 2010
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An astonishing number of his shorter works follow the inspiration of Crash, also filmed, this time by David Cronenberg, in morbid and almost loving accounts of “wound profiles,” gashes, fractures, and other inflictions on the flesh and bones.
The Catastrophist 2010
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I had no appeal whatever against either his menaces or his inflictions.
JANE SLAYRE CHARLOTTE BRONTË 2010
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The list of perceived and actual inflictions seems, at times, almost insurmountable, but under Obama, I am convinced they will no longer be.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Live from the Capital of the Freed World 2009
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The solicitude and affection which had made Aunt Margaret the willing slave to the inflictions of a whole nursery, have now for their object the health and comfort of one old and infirm man, the last remaining relative of her family, and the only one who can still find interest in the traditional stores which she hoards as some miser hides the gold which he desires that no one should enjoy after his death.
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The solicitude and affection which had made Aunt Margaret the willing slave to the inflictions of a whole nursery, have now for their object the health and comfort of one old and infirm man, the last remaining relative of her family, and the only one who can still find interest in the traditional stores which she hoards as some miser hides the gold which he desires that no one should enjoy after his death.
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But it appears that neither of these gratifying inflictions of justice is going to happen.
Justice or Reconciliation: Alternative Approaches to Healing 2008
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Thus said Mandrin, when he was undergoing the punishment of the wheel; and so have all felt, upon whom successive inflictions have descended with continuous and reiterated violence. 55 55
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A vast number of others were condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or exposed to inflictions of different descriptions.
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