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Synonyms for subpoena
noun writcall
noun. demand, announcement
command
verb. demand
- adjure
- appoint
- authorize
- ban
- bar
- beckon
- bid
- call
- call for
- call on
- call the signals
- call upon
- charge
- check
- cite
- compel
- debar
- dictate
- direct
- enact
- enjoin
- exact
- forbid
- force upon
- give directions
- give orders
- grant
- impose
- inflict
- inhibit
- instruct
- interdict
- lay down the law
- mark out
- oblige
- ordain
- order
- ordinate
- proclaim
- prohibit
- put foot down
- require
- requisition
- restrain
- rule out
- send for
- set
- subpoena
- summon
- take charge
- take lead
- task
- tell
- warn
command
noun. directive, instruction
- act
- adjuration
- ban
- behest
- bidding
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- commandment
- decree
- demand
- devoir
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- direction
- duty
- edict
- enactment
- exaction
- fiat
- imperative
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- law
- mandate
- notification
- obligation
- order
- ordinance
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- prohibition
- proscription
- regulation
- request
- requirement
- requisition
- responsibility
- rule
- subpoena
- summons
- ultimatum
- warrant
- will
- word
- writ
commanded
verb. demand
- adjure
- appoint
- authorize
- ban
- bar
- beckon
- bid
- call
- call for
- call on
- call the signals
- call upon
- charge
- check
- cite
- compel
- debar
- dictate
- direct
- enact
- enjoin
- exact
- forbid
- force upon
- give directions
- give orders
- grant
- impose
- inflict
- inhibit
- instruct
- interdict
- lay down the law
- mark out
- oblige
- ordain
- order
- ordinate
- proclaim
- prohibit
- put foot down
- require
- requisition
- restrain
- rule out
- send for
- set
- subpoena
- summon
- take charge
- take lead
- task
- tell
- warn
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