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coerce

/ coerce /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
"He squeezed her for information"
Type of:
compel oblige obligate
Kinds of:
turn up the heat turn up the pressure drive bludgeon steamroller
Derived:
force power imperativeness insistence insistency
Causes:
act move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Somebody ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
Semantic Complexity
70%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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compel oblige obligate turn up the heat turn up the pressure drive bludgeon steamroller