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Coerce Moderate

Coerce has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

"She forced him to take a job in the city"

"He squeezed her for information"

2

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compel
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
turn up the heat drive bludgeon steamroller squeeze for dragoon terrorize bring oneself
Rhyming Words
circe force gorce perce parce marce terce farce merce darce scarce tierce amorce alerce amerce pierce source fierce bierce adarce
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