Ask and Compel

Ask

Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.

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Compel and ask are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compel" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Compel verb - Necessitate or exact.

Usage example: the water shortage compels conservation

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Ask and compel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Compel".

Nearby Words: compelling, compelled

person	ask person	compel person
character	ask character	compel character
guy	ask guy	compel guy
woman	ask woman	compel woman
Other words: people, someone, time, anyone, everyone, humans, members.

Gaining enough souls, he probably can either break his fellow genies out of their hell-dimension, personally, or compel the one who freed him to ask three wishes, a tactic he has tried several times with varying levels of success.

Source: Stupid Evil

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