The phrase "actions that inflict" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing behaviors or activities that cause harm or damage to someone or something.
Example: "The report highlighted the actions that inflict emotional distress on individuals in the workplace."
Alternatives: "acts that cause" or "behaviors that impose".
Since the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994 these items have prompted down-to-the wire fights between Congress and the administration, and, in 1995, the brief shutdown of the government, an action that inflicted grave political wounds on Congressional Republicans.
Nor do the policies and actions they have given rise to — policies and actions that are inflicting an untold human toll and great damage on the country.
Efficient operations that inflict misery on food animals.
Detailed tornado-structure interaction studies are required to understand the basic flow mechanisms that inflict damage.
Don't use moves that inflict Poison or Burn.
Even if the SFO were to conclude it possessed sufficient evidence to prosecute Rolls-Royce, it could opt for a course of action that would inflict less collateral damage to the many entirely innocent employees and suppliers that depend on Rolls-Royce for their livelihoods.
If DCF set out to plot a course of action that would inflict the most devastating injuries on Jane Doe, it has succeeded.
In other words, India has long been planning to respond to major terror attacks with a swift and devastating conventional military action that would inflict only limited damage and so -- in a best-case scenario -- deny Pakistan justification for a nuclear response.
Yet this argument that it will be "easy" to fix Social Security has been pushed for several years, even though it's relatively clear that any plan that requires Congress to take coordinated action in pursuit of a measure that inflicts short-term pain in favour of long-term solvency is more accurately be described as "difficult".
Resort to the most wounding action that can be inflicted upon any modern player and go so far as to, yes, UNFOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER?
