COERCE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :”She forced him to take a job in the city”
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He squeezed her for information
    Hypernyms(s) coerce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Cause(s) Derived(s)