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nounsomething or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappinesstype of:
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nounthe act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
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nounan act causing pain or damagetype of:
Definition that contains infliction
- torture the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
- torturing the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
- cruelty a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
- crucifixion the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
- excruciation the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
- corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
- inhuman treatment a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering