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  • 111insist — I verb accent, accentuate, argue, be obstinate, be peremptory, be resolute, bid, brook no denial, command, contend, demand, dictate, efflagitare, emphasize, enforce, enjoin, exact, exert pressure, exhort, exposcere, force upon, importune, impose …

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  • 112intimidate — in·tim·i·date /in ti mə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing 1: to make timid or fearful; esp: to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2: to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of… …

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  • 113pressure — I noun anxiety, anxiousness, brunt, brute force, burden, coercion, compulsion, constraining force, constraint, controlling power, crisis, drive, duress, encumbrance, exertion, exhortation, exigency, force, hardship, heaviness, hindrance,… …

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  • 114threaten — I verb admonish, augur, be near at hand, blackmail, bode, browbeat, coerce, comminari, comminate, forebode, foreshadow, forewarn, frighten, fulminate, hector, intimidate, menace, portend, presage, terrorize, use threats II index bait (harass),… …

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  • 115Kant’s moral and political philosophy — Don Becker Practical philosophy, for Kant, is concerned with how one ought to act. His first important work in practical philosophy, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, provides Kant’s argument for the fundamental principle of how one ought …

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  • 116coercitivo — ► adjetivo 1 DERECHO Que coerce: ■ métodos coercitivos; la característica coercitiva de la norma jurídica. 2 FÍSICA Se aplica al valor mínimo del campo magnético en que debe ponerse una barra de acero previamente imantada, para anular la… …

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  • 117dragoon — v. (rare) (d; intr.) ( to coerce ) to dragoon into * * * [drə guːn] (rare) (d; intr.) ( to coerce ) to dragoon into …

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  • 118twist — I n. type of dance 1) to dance, do the twist act of twisting 2) to give smt. a twist unexpected turn 3) an ironic; strange, unusual twist interpretation 4) to give a (new) twist (to the news) approach, method 5) a new twist II v. 1) (D; tr.) to… …

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  • 119drive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. propel, impel; urge forward, pursue; steer, control; conduct, carry out; ram, hammer, thrust; urge, force, compel, coerce. See compulsion, travel, propulsion, energy, haste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 120enforce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. compel, force, oblige; urge, lash, goad; strengthen; execute, sanction, put in force. See compulsion, cause.Ant., neglect, overlook. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To add strength] Syn. reinforce, fortify …

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