Compelled
Used and compelled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Used" instead a verb "Compelled".
Nearby Words: compel, compelling
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- If he had admitted to producing such weapons - a tactic used later by the Syrian regime - he would have been compelled to publicly dispose of them, which was impossible, as he had none to dispose.
Source: Morton's Fork -
Episode "Blood" implied that those people compelled to kill were sent subliminal messages, though it's possible they had just hallucinated them because of the drugs that were used in the community.
Source: Subliminal Seduction - It's even used as a story element at one point: in order to beat the Concubine's illusion, he tosses himself off the top of a tower because he knows Elika is compelled to save him.
Source: I Cannot Self-Terminate
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Used and Compelled. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compelled/used
Compelled & Used. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compelled/used>.
Used or Compelled. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compelled/used.
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