coerce

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verb

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" (Freq. 2)
- He squeezed her for information
• Syn:
hale, squeeze, pressure, force
• Derivationally related forms:
force (for: force), pressure (for: pressure), squeeze (for: squeeze), coercive, coercion
• Hypernyms:
compel, oblige, obligate
• Hyponyms:
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure, drive, bludgeon, steamroller,
steamroll, squeeze for, dragoon, sandbag, railroad, terrorize,
terrorise, bring oneself
• Cause:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- They coerce him to write the letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hale, squeeze, pressure, force