Vi fant 5 definisjoner av coerce på engelsk.
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| coerce - 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" | ||
| hale, squeeze, pressure, force | ||
| compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" | ||
| turn up the heat, turn up the pressure apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election" | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| bludgeon overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" | ||
| steamroll, steamroller make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads" | ||
| squeeze for squeeze someone for money, information, etc. | ||
| dragoon, railroad, sandbag subjugate by imposing troops | ||
| terrorise, terrorize coerce by violence or with threats | ||
| bring oneself cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents" | ||