Parents, usually mothers, would deliberately inflict illnesses on their children.
And, in the same way, a person who is aware of his actions towards the world will not deliberately inflict destruction.
Torture involves deliberately inflicting physical or mental pain on a person without legal cause.
It was almost an act of penance, an ordeal deliberately inflicted upon himself and embraced.
A person who is aware of the results of his (or her) actions towards another individual will not deliberately inflict pain.
Right down at the bottom of all the smart moves were people who deliberately inflicted pain on each other, who chose to do that.
Another forbidden act is "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
Saul's next step is to help the patient re-establish connections to society, essential after a trauma deliberately inflicted by another human being.
There was no way in the world that he would deliberately inflict on her a woman who was unsuitable to be her mother.
He said, his tone measured and heavy with menace, 'I believe that, when someone deliberately inflicts damage, it is a matter for the police.'