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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
1C2O3E4R5C6E

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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