| get |
to be forced to succumb to or take; catch. [1/17 definitions] |
| ghetto |
a part of a town or city in which members of a particular race, religion, nationality, ethnic group, or the like are forced by law to live. [1/3 definitions] |
| gulag |
a Soviet forced labor camp, as for political prisoners. [1/2 definitions] |
| homestead law |
any law prohibiting forced sale or seizure of a homestead to settle debt. [1/2 definitions] |
| hurried |
moving or acting quickly; forced to hurry. [1/2 definitions] |
| impacted |
forced closely into. [1/2 definitions] |
| laccolith |
a mass of igneous rock that has been forced between layers of sedimentary rock and has bulged them upward. |
| life net |
a strong net used by firefighters or others to catch people forced to jump from a burning building. |
| life raft |
a small, usu. inflatable raft for use by people forced to abandon a boat or ship. |
| Magna Carta |
the document forced from King John of England in 1215, which granted personal and political liberties to the English people. [1/2 definitions] |
| Marrano |
any of the Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity during the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal, but who often remained secret adherents of Judaism. |
| natural |
true or spontaneous; not affected, pretended, or forced. [1/9 definitions] |
| pile2 |
a large shaft of steel, wood, concrete, or the like that is forced or pounded into the ground to serve as a structural and supporting element of a wall, building, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| prison |
any place or situation of forced restraint or confinement. [1/3 definitions] |
| privileged communication |
a communication that one cannot be forced to divulge, such as that between a doctor and a patient. [1/2 definitions] |
| ramjet |
a jet engine powered by a stream of compressed air that is forced out faster than it is taken in during forward motion of the plane. |
| refugee |
a person forced to leave his or her home or native land to seek safe refuge, usu. as a result of war, persecution, or the like. |
| repulse |
the act of forcing back, or a forced retreat. [1/4 definitions] |
| run the gauntlet |
to expose oneself to harsh criticism or attacks by multiple people, especially by being forced to proceed through two lines of attackers. |
| self-imposed |
forced on one by oneself; undertaken or endured voluntarily. |
| shotgun wedding |
a wedding into which one or both of the participants are forced, esp. because of pregnancy. |