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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 | ||
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