The meaning of Coerced

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

verb

Pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means.

Usage examples:

People are brainwashed into believing family life is the best

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

The statue really looked bully

verb

Force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

A sense of duty compelled harry to answer her questions

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which i hated.

verb

Compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.

Usage examples:

Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates

verb

To limit someone's freedom, or to limit the way something develops or grows

Usage examples:

Rising energy costs are constraining consumer and business spending.

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

phrasal verb

Rely on or derive support from someone or something.

Usage examples:

They have learned to lean on each other for support

phrasal verb

Put pressure on someone to act in a certain way.

Usage examples:

A determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority

phrasal verb

To sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support

Usage examples:

He leaned against the wall., she leaned her head on his shoulder., she leaned the brush against the…

verb

Make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something.

Usage examples:

Doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

verb

To keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing

Usage examples:

He was pressurized into signing the agreement.

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

noun

A statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, esp. if the person does not do something in particular

Usage examples:

She was fired after making threats to her co-workers., [ u ] a threat of rain is in today’s forecas…

noun

A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] her parents carried out their threat to take away her mobile phone if her grade…