coerce
IPA: koʊˈɝs
verb
- (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
- (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
- (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
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Examples of "coerce" in Sentences
- The opposite of voluntary is coerced.
- They did not want to coerce the people.
- The masters tende to coerce their slaves.
- They coerced the little puppy to sit down.
- The people were coerced to put the books in order.
- It was painful to listen to the coerceful commands.
- The report tells the story of an inmate coerced in this way.
- Any act of coercion is of psychological harm to the one who is coerced.
- The right to coerce where necessary in exchange for the civil right to peace.
- Volatility can coerce the selection of the update policy but does not drive it.
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