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To force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, intimidation, or physical violence.
Syn. constrain, compel, pressure, bulldoze, dragoon, hector, browbeat, cow |
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Forceful and convincing; to the point.
Syn. powerful, potent, effective, telling, persuasive, compelling, valid, sound, relevant, pertinent, apposite, germane, apropos
Ant. weak, ineffective, unconvincing, frivolous, inane, invalid, untenable, irrelevant. |
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To hold or stick together; to fit together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole.
Syn. coalesce, combine, gel
Ant. separate, fall apart, come apart, diverge, disperse, dissipate, diffuse. |
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To work together on some kind of joint project...or...To cooperate with the enemy in some kind of treasonable activity.
Syn. cooperate, team up, intrigue, collude, conspire
Phrase: in cahoots with |
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Capable of use with some other brand or model... or... capable of living or getting along together
Syn. harmonious, agreeable, like-minded, consistent, congruous, parallel
Ant. incompatible, antagonistic, inconsistent, incongruous |
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Overly self-satisfied; smug
Syn. content
Ant. dissatisfied, malcontent |
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Saying a lot in a few words
Syn. brief, compact, succinct, terse; laconic, summary; pithy
Ant. wordy, prolix, verbose, garrulous, loquacious |
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To overlook or disregard an offense, thereby implying forgiveness, acceptance, or possibly approval of it.
Syn. ignore, accept, countenance, stomach, tolerate
Ant. condemn, denounce, disapprove, depreciate, castigate, decry, revile |
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A face-to-face encounter, usually suggesting a hostile or defiant attitude.
Syn. showdown, face-off, shoot-out |
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A conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess... or...To conclude from inadequate evidence; to guess
Syn. surmise,supposition, presumption, suspicion, inference, speculation, theory
Ant. Fact, cetainty, demonstrate, substantiate |
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