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Coerce

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

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Manner of action 5

Bludgeon 76% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Dragoon 76% connected

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Terrorize 76% connected

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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Broader term 3

Compel 76% connected

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Oblige 76% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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Coercion 74% connected

The act or process of coercing.

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Coercion 74% connected

The act or process of coercing.

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Coercive 74% connected

Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

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Coercive 74% connected

Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

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Compulsion 74% connected

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

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Compulsion 74% connected

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

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Causes 2

Act 72% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Synonym 4

Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Hale 92% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Pressure 92% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Squeeze 92% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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