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All compel synonyms

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verb compel

  • urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
  • oblige — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
  • necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
  • impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
  • constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
  • bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
  • make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
  • restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
  • hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
  • dragoon — (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
  • concuss — to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
  • crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
  • put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • require — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
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