Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the following sentence by using the best option from the given choices so that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Our artillery _______ heavy casualties on the enemy forces.

  1. inflicted

  2. incurred

  3. heaped

  4. caused

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Inflict is the standard military verb for causing damage or casualties on an enemy. Incur means to suffer casualties, not cause them. Caused is grammatically correct but inflict is the precise military term for delivering casualties.