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| 1. | [ verb ] cause pain or suffering in | |
| Synonyms: | smite | |
| Examples: | "afflict with the plague" "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement" |
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| Related terms: | damage blight visit affliction | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cause great unhappiness for; distress | |
| Examples: | "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" |
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| Related terms: | upset try grieve tribulate affliction | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cause bodily suffering to | |
| Synonyms: | pain trouble ail | |
| Related terms: | hurt erupt disagree_with trouble pain affliction | |
| Similar spelling: |
afflicted afflictive affliction AFL-CIO aflicker |
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