Force and Restrain

Force

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

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

Restrain verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

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Force and restrain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Force" instead a verb "Restrain".

friend	force friend	restrain friend
character	force character	restrain character
hero	force hero	restrain hero
woman	force woman	restrain woman
Other words: people, someone, system, way, target, opponent, enemy, victims, opponents, enemies, girls.

Eric Doyle also pulled this on Meredith by using his power to restrain her and force her to dine with him.

Source: I Have You Now, My Pretty
When Widdimir refuses, Dogtanian orders his servant Planchet to restrain Widdimir so Dogtanian can force-feed him the poison.

Source: Western Animation / Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
What really happened was Rochelle lost it and jumped the table to physically force her daughter to eat the sausage so that her husband and sons had to restrain her while Tonya screams.

Source: Series / Everybody Hates Chris

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