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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
commandeers, commandeering, commandeered |
| definition 1: |
to force (a civilian) into, or seize (goods) for, the military.
The army commandeered the farmer's horses.- synonyms:
- impress
- similar words:
- coerce, confiscate, conscript, draft, induct, requisition, seize, take
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| definition 2: |
to take by force or without authorization.
- synonyms:
- appropriate, expropriate, seize
- similar words:
- confiscate, requisition, take
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| related words: |
abduct, appropriate, arrogate, grab, loot, procure, steal |
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