coerce : English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

coerce : dudho (v.); pugos (v.)

Glosses: (~ related words)

coerce
v. (social)	1. coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.; "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
	~ act, move	perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	~ turn up the heat, turn up the pressure	apply great or increased pressure.; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
	~ drive	to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.; "She is driven by her passion"
	~ bludgeon	overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club.; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
	~ steamroll, steamroller	bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
	~ squeeze for	squeeze someone for money, information, etc..
	~ dragoon, railroad, sandbag	compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
	~ terrorise, terrorize	coerce by violence or with threats.
	~ compel, obligate, oblige	force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
	~ bring oneself	cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative.; "He could not bring himself to call his parents"