Compel and Introduce

Compel

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

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

Nearby Words: compelling, compelled

Introduce verb - To make (one person) known (to another) socially.

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Compel and introduce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compel" instead a verb "Introduce".

Nearby Words: introduction, introducing

character	compel character	introduce character
woman	compel woman	introduce woman
people	compel people	introduce people
someone	compel someone	introduce someone
Other words: time, weapons, students, members.

Subverted in episodes of both shows when insane defendants refused to plead insanity for different reasons, forcing the prosecutors to come up with a roundabout way to introduce the evidence of their insanity or compel them to reveal it by goading them into a courtroom outburst of some sort.

Source: Insanity Defense

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