Be compelled
Have to and be compelled are semantically related in ought topic. In some cases you can use "Have to" instead a verb phrase "Be compelled".
Have to
Have to verb - To be under necessity or obligation to.
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Synonyms for Have to
Be compelled and have to are semantically related in must topic. You can use "Be compelled" instead a verb "Have to", if it concerns topics such as ought.
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If you have to guard Pandora's Prison Cell of Eldritch Abominations and listen to their incessant wailing to be freed for years in your daughter's voice, you'd be compelled to throw the gates open and get violently possessed and corrupted, too.
Source: Cry for the Devil
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