English verb: coerce | |||
1. | coerce (social) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : | ||
Samples | She forced him to take a job in the city. He squeezed her for information. | ||
Examples | They coerce him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | force, hale, pressure, squeeze | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | compel, obligate, oblige | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bludgeon, bring oneself, dragoon, drive, railroad, sandbag, squeeze for, steamroll, steamroller, terrorise, terrorize, turn up the heat, turn up the pressure | ||
Cause | act, move | ||