Employ and Inflict

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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

Inflict

Inflict verb - Impose something unpleasant.
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Synonyms for Inflict

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

Nearby Words: infliction, inflicting

Common collocations

violence employ violence inflict violence
power employ power inflict power
attack employ attack inflict attack
kind employ kind inflict kind
Other words: sort, number, time, bit, version, lots, attacks, kinds.

Both words in one sentence

  • Both C'thun and Yogg-Saron, the game's resident Eldritch Abominations, employ attacks that swallow or consume players, but also place them in a location where they can inflict damage on the normally invulnerable boss.
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