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- pronunciation:
- ko
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
coerces, coercing, coerced |
| definition 1: |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like.
It has been alleged that she was coerced into confessing.Other members of the gang coerced him into stealing the drugs.- synonyms:
- force, pressure, strong-arm
- similar words:
- bulldoze, compel, con, constrain, drive, hustle, impel, intimidate, threaten
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| definition 2: |
to compel or bring about by intimidation or force.
The tyrant coerced obedience.The confession was not made voluntarily; it was coerced.- synonyms:
- force, strong-arm
- antonyms:
- coax
- similar words:
- compel, dragoon, enforce, extort
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| related words: |
blackmail, browbeat, bully, command, commandeer, crowd, exact, impose, pressure, torture, wring |
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| derivations: |
coercible (adj.), coercer (n.) |
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