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Rhymesadverse, averse, commerce / Commerce, and 24 more rhymes in ers...
coerce > verb, social
MeaningTo cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city".
PatternSomebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
ModelThey coerce him to write the letter
Synonymshale, squeeze, pressure, force
Cause toact, move
Broadercompel, oblige, obligate
Narrowerturn up the heat, turn up the pressure; drive; bludgeon; steamroller, steamroll; squeeze for; dragoon, sandbag, railroad; terrorize, terrorise; bring oneself
Adjectivescoercive; coercive
Nounscoercion; coercion

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