Forcing
Inflicting and forcing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inflicting" instead a noun "Forcing".
Inflicting
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- He imposes his own private view of the world by first inflicting gruesome punishments on "sinners", and finally forcing Mills to kill him, his own punishment for himself for the "sin" of envy.
Source: I Reject Your Reality - The overlord of the Redeemers in Star Trek: New Frontier knew words that could do things from inflicting severe pain, to forcing a person to reveal everything they know (which was actually used, and it wasn't a pretty sight).
Source: Words Can Break My Bones
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Inflicting and Forcing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forcing/inflicting
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