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Word entry · 6 letters

coerce

Best crossword clue

"Force through pressure"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /kəʊˈɜːs/Part of speech verbSorted cceeorStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

Word origin

From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

Used in a sentence

  • They coerced their children into going to the country park.

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