coerce (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *coerce*:
VERB	social	coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

coerce > pronunciation
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Rhymes	adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers...

English > *coerce*: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaning	To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : "She forced him to take a job in the city".
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Model	They coerce him to write the letter
Synonyms	hale, squeeze, pressure, force
Cause to	act, move	Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Narrower	bludgeon	Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
	bring oneself	Cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative
	dragoon, sandbag, railroad	compel by coercion, threats / threats, or crude means
	drive	To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
	squeeze for	squeeze someone for money, information, etc.
	steamroller, steamroll	Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
	terrorize, terrorise	coerce by violence or with threats / threats
	turn up the heat, turn up the pressure	apply great or increased pressure
Broader	compel, oblige, obligate	Force somebody to do something
Spanish	coaccionar, coercer, forzar, obligar, presionar
Catalan	coaccionar, forçar, obligar
Adjectives	coercive	serving or intended to coerce
Nouns	coercion	using force to cause something to occur
Nouns	coercion	the act of compelling by force of authority

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