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co·erce
 coerce
- pronunciation:
- ko
uhrs
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
coerced, coerces, coercing |
| definition 1: |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like.
The police are suspected of coercing her into confessing.- synonyms:
- force, pressure, strong-arm
- similar words:
- bulldoze, compel, con, constrain, drive, hustle, impel, intimidate, threaten
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| definition 2: |
to compel or bring about by intimidation or force.
The tyrant coerced obedience.- synonyms:
- force, strong-arm
- antonyms:
- coax
- similar words:
- compel, dragoon, enforce, extort
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| related words: |
blackmail, browbeat, bully, command, commandeer, crowd, exact, impose, pressure, torture, wring |
| derivations: |
coercible (adj.), coercer (n.) |
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