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to force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure
SYN: constrain, compel, pressure, dulldoze, dragoon, hector, browbeat, cow |
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| to force to compel or oblige |
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| to force to drive to an action |
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| to coerce or intimidate with threats |
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| to oppress, to presecute by armed forces |
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| to intimidate by looks or words |
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| to terroize, scare, bully |
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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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| having force or effect, striking |
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| having power and irressistable effect |
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| having precise and logical relevance |
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| closely related, relevant |
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| fitting, at the right time |
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| little or no importance or weigh |
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| incapable of defending, as in an idea |
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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, diverge, disperse, dissipate, diffuse, scatter, incoherence, incoherent, disjointed |
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| to scatter in every direction |
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to work together on some kind of joint project.
to cooperate with the enemy in some kind of treasonable activity
SYN: cooperate, intrigue, collude, conspire, partner, colleague, coworker, quisling, fifth columnist, fellow traveler, partnership, team effort, joint effort
ANT: work by oneself, dissociate oneself from, part comany with take leave of |
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| to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest |
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| to agree to do something secretly, to do something evil or wrong |
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| a traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy |
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capable of use with some other brand or model
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: contented, self-contented
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saying a lot in a few words
SYN: breif, compact, succinct, terse, laconic, summary, pithy
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| brief, forceful and meaningful in expression |
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| characterized by using too many words |
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| wordy, excessively talktive |
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| characterized by excessive talk |
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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, deprecate, castigate, decry, revile |
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| to punish in order to correct |
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a face-to-face encounter
SYN: showdown, face-off, shoot-out |
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