Coerce

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  • transitive verb. To pressure, intimidate, or force (someone) into doing something. synonym: force.
  • transitive verb. To bring about or gain by pressure, threat, or force.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To restrain or constrain by force, as by the force of law or authority; especially, compel to compliance; constrain to obedience or submission in a vigorous or forcible manner.
  • To deprive of by force; restrain of.
  • To enforce; compel by forcible action: as, to coerce obedience.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
  • transitive verb. To compel or constrain to any action.
  • transitive verb. To compel or enforce.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
  • verb. to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.
  • verb. to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
    • Word Usage
    "Its implicit definition of "coerce" is ... strange."
    Form
    coercer  coercible  coercion  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    compel  obligate  oblige  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bludgeon  bring oneself  dragoon  drive  railroad  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse  adverse  averse  biodiverse  burse  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beat down  beset  blackjack  bludgeon  break  
    verb-form
    coerced  coerces  coercing  
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