| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Informal. To compel by pressure or threats: blackjack, coerce, dragoon, force. Informal : hijack. See PERSUASION. 2. Informal. To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example: bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, menace, threaten. See OVER. | | ADJECTIVE: | Informal. Accomplished by force: coercive, forcible, violent. See ATTACK.
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