infliction

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈflɪkʃn/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈflɪkʃn/
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noun
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the act of causing pain or harm to someone

The cruel infliction of suffering on animals is wrong.

translation

n. the act of causing pain or harm to someone

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Plural inflictions