Contract and Inflict

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

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Inflict and contract are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inflict" instead a verb "Contract".

Inflict verb - Impose something unpleasant.

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Contract and inflict are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Inflict".

Nearby Words: infliction, inflicting

ailment	contract ailment	inflict ailment
disease	contract disease	inflict disease
violence	contract violence	inflict violence
kind	contract kind	inflict kind
Other words: amnesia, poisoning, diseases, hits, kinds.

However, if you inflict status ailments on the Katakirauwa, and then Horkos eats the afflicted demon, Horkos will contract that same status ailment.

Source: Tampering with Food and Drink
The Earth courts decided to inflict equal damage on the group of conscience-less lawyer drones — and gave a contract to Tagon's Toughs to destroy one million of them.

Source: Space Elevator
While ordinary Signamancy spells do not seem able to magically compel a unit to obey all of a contract's terms, it can inflict penalties for breach of contract, such as by forcibly transferring cities, schmuckers, and even units.

Source: Webcomic / Erfworld

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