coerce

  • 21coerce — verb a) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. b) to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will. Syn: compel …

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  • 22coerce — Synonyms and related words: beat down, beset, blackjack, bludgeon, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, compel, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, dragoon, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck …

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  • 23coerce — co|erce [ kou ɜrs ] verb transitive to make someone do something by using force or threats: He claims he was coerced into admitting his guilt …

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  • 24coerce — co·erce || kəʊ ɜːs v. force, compel to do something …

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  • 25coerce — [kəʊ ə:s] verb persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats. Derivatives coercible adjective coercion noun coercive adjective Origin ME: from L. coercere restrain , from co jointly, together + arcere restrain …

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  • 26coerce — v. a. 1. Restrain, curb, check, repress, put under restraint. 2. Compel, force, drive, constrain …

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  • 27coerce — verb he was coerced into giving evidence Syn: pressure, pressurize, press, push, constrain; force, compel, oblige, browbeat, bludgeon, bully, threaten, intimidate, dragoon, twist someone s arm; informal railroad, squeeze, lean on …

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  • 28coerce — v 1. compel, force, drive, press, constrain, pressure, oblige, hustle, railroad; impel, urge, impress, provoke, extort, cause, require, exact, necessitate, make; draft, conscript, commandeer; persuade, induce, prevail upon, insist upon, Inf.… …

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  • 29coerce — co·erce …

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  • 30coerce — verb Syn: pressure, press, push, constrain, force, compel, oblige, browbeat, bully, threaten, intimidate, dragoon, twist someone s arm; informal railroad, steamroller, lean on …

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