Browbeat and Force

Browbeat

Browbeat verb - To make timid or fearful by or as if by threats.

Usage example: they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried

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Force and browbeat are semantically related in bully topic. In some cases you can use "Force" instead a verb "Browbeat".

Nearby Words: browbeaten, browbeating

Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

Usage example: hunger forced the refugees to steal

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Browbeat and force are semantically related in exert force on topic. Sometimes you can use "Browbeat" instead a verb "Force".

people	browbeat people	force people
parents	browbeat parents	force parents
rest	browbeat rest	force rest
way	browbeat way	force way
Other words: characters, king, mother, father, doctor, everyone, daughter, opponents, students.

Zhang Zhao would browbeat Sun, relying on his force of will and sometimes simply out-shouting Sun Quan (Zhang could get away with this because he acted as a sort of surrogate father to Sun).

Source: Useful Notes / Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Wu
To attempt to browbeat this revolution into submission, OPEC decided to not cut back production of its oil in order to force the US to stop producing its oil and flood the world with too much oil, in essence, trying to play a game of "chicken".

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Real Life

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