Compulsive
Compulsive adjective - Caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge.
Forced and compulsive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forced" instead an adjective "Compulsive".
Forced
Forced adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Compulsive and forced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compulsive" instead an adjective "Forced".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Machi Kuragi is driven to compulsive acts of violence after being raised by a mother who forced her to be perfect.
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After being forced to relive his most violent acts, he becomes blatantly obsessive-compulsive about being clean.
Source: Series / The Originals -
Then it's revealed that her compulsive nudity was an engineered compulsion her creators forced on her, leaving her stuck using her skin trick to hide this fact, and when she realizes her male boss was color blind, she freaked out, revealing she was not really ok with people knowing about it.
Source: Comic Book / Top 10
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