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synonyms for coerce

  • browbeat
  • bully
  • intimidate
  • repress
  • strong-arm
  • suppress
  • terrorize
  • beset
  • bulldoze
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • hinder
  • impel
  • make
  • menace
  • oblige
  • pressurize
  • push
  • restrict
  • threaten
  • urge
  • high-pressure
  • lean on
  • make an offer they can't refuse
  • put the squeeze on
  • shotgun
  • twist one's arm
See also synonyms for: coerced / coercer / coerces
On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to coerce, such as: browbeat, bully, intimidate, repress, strong-arm, and suppress.

antonyms for coerce

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  • allow
  • encourage
  • help
  • let go
  • aid
  • assist
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • free
  • halt
  • release
  • repress
  • stop
  • suppress
  • leave alone
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How to use coerce in a sentence

Two have been charged with counts listed as federal crimes of terrorism, relating to destruction of government property to intimidate or coerce the government.
FIVE MORE CHARGED IN CAPITOL RIOT ALLEGEDLY TEAMED WITH KANSAS CITY PROUD BOYSSPENCER HSU, RACHEL WEINERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Pregnant people have historically been considered a “vulnerable” population—a designation also applied to groups, such as children and the incarcerated, who may be coerced into participating in research.
WITH LITTLE DATA TO GUIDE THEM, PREGNANT HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE STEPPING UP TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19JAMIE DUCHARMEJANUARY 21, 2021TIME
Once you find the ghost’s favorite room, you may need to coerce them to come out since some are camera shy.
ARE YOU A ‘PHASMOPHOBIA’ PRO? HERE ARE SOME ALTERNATE RULES TO KEEP THE SCARES FRESH.ELISE FAVISJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Any organization that feels coerced into paying a ransom should, at a minimum, analyze the potential risks of sanctions, especially if Bitcoin payments eventually find their way to a terrorist organization.
THE HACKER ‘CEASEFIRE’ WITH HOSPITALS IS OVER—AND THAT SHOULD TERRIFY USJAKEMETHDECEMBER 9, 2020FORTUNE
She moved with her three kids to a new state and connected with a nonprofit that supports survivors of coerced debt and domestic violence.
THE COMING WAR ON THE HIDDEN ALGORITHMS THAT TRAP PEOPLE IN POVERTYKAREN HAODECEMBER 4, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
This Constitution does not attempt to coerce sovereign bodies, States, in their political capacity.
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTER
It guides, it need not coerce or necessitate, though it may.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, JANUARY 1883VARIOUS
To coerce them into a reluctant self-denial could be no possible object to him either of wish or hope.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEY
Hopeless to search further among empty swamps and forests, to grope at large in this hushed wilderness, to coerce a jungle.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL
Hume, though we have found him censuring the conduct of Franklin, was opposed to any attempt to coerce America.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTON
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO COERCE

  • badger
  • bleed
  • coerce
  • compel
  • demand
  • exact
  • extort
  • force
  • hold to ransom
  • milk
  • put the shake on
  • ransom
  • shake
  • shake down
  • squeeze
  • threaten
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.