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forced
adjective as in compulsory, strained
Strong matches
affected, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, conscripted, constrained, grudging, labored, slave
Weak matches
artificial, coercive, factitious, false, inflexible, insincere, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, stiff, stringent, unnatural, wooden
Example Sentences
Mud and debris fell onto West Mountain Drive and Cliff Drive at La Marina, and flooding forced the closure of the Mission Street underpass and the 101 freeway off-ramps, he said.
Over the past year, the government has been forced to backtrack on some of its policies - including cuts to welfare and the winter fuel payment - after objections from its own MPs.
Investigators are looking into a second incident that occurred further down the same line on Sunday, where a packed train was forced to stop suddenly.
It will now start exploring forced returns to Syria and other countries where people have not routinely been removed to in recent years.
Few signs of forced entry were visible on Sunday at the singer's home apart from a broken doorknob, an AFP journalist observed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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