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afflict

/ə'flɪkt/

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verb
cause physical pain or suffering in
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"afflict with the plague"

Similar:

smite

type of:
damage
verb
cause great unhappiness for; distress
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"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

type of:
upset untune discomfit discompose disconcert

Examples of afflict

"afflict with the plague"
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"