Coerce and Forced

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

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Forced is a synonym for coerce. In some cases you can replace term "Forced" with "Coerce", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: coercion, coercive, coercible, coercing

Forced adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Coerce is a synonym for forced. Sometimes you can use "Coerce" instead a verb "Forced".

Nearby Words: force, forceful, forcible, forcefully, forcibly

He may have not forced it down Tony's throat, but he did coerce Tony into doing it, and that transcends into physical.

Source: Abusive Parents / Comic Books
Heroic Sacrifice: Ross Carver, captured by the North Vietnamese, is forced at gunpoint into a minefield to coerce him into giving away Hambleton's position.

Source: Film / Bat*21

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