Force and Persuade

Force

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

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Persuade and force are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Persuade" instead a verb "Force".

Persuade verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request.

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Force and persuade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Force" instead a verb "Persuade".

person	force person	persuade person
girl	force girl	persuade girl
humanity	force humanity	persuade humanity
character	force character	persuade character
Other words: hero, woman, people, children, someone, parents, team, characters, father, doctor, anyone, everyone, daughter, women, enemies, heroes.

Hobbes Was Right: What the autocratic Tuthinan government believes, and goes a long way to prove/persuade/force its citizens to believe the same.

Source: Roleplay / Esquarium
Ethan's influential father seeks to persuade or force him to return to the States, where he's a suspect in an unknown number of bloody crimes.

Source: Series / Penny Dreadful
Frustrating, because Gary would be so much more effective if someone on the police force just knew his secret, so he wouldn't have to persuade them from scratch to help out.

Source: Unbelievable Source Plot

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