Afflict
Load
Load verb - To place a weight or burden on.
Usage example: students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
Common collocations
| area | afflict area | load area |
| characters | afflict characters | load characters |
| world | afflict world | load world |
| everyone | afflict everyone | load everyone |
| Other words: enemies. | ||
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Load and Afflict. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afflict/load
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