Compel
Compel verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Yield and compel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yield" instead a verb "Compel".
Nearby Words: compelling, compelled
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Adams openly states that they feel no guilt whatsoever about using force to compel weaker rabbits to yield to them.
Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance
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