force-feed
verb
force-fed
ˈfȯrs-ˌfed 
; force-feeding
; force-feeding
1
: to feed (a person or an animal) by forcible administration of food
2
: to force to take in
force-feed students the classics
—also used with a single objectforce-feed the classics to students
force-feed students with the classics
Examples of force-feed in a Sentence
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Take, for example, the first victim portrays gluttony: a man with obesity is force-fed literally to death via hemorrhage.
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Public pressure mounted, including from the United Nations, and a court order required authorities to stop force-feeding the group.
—Jimmy Jenkins, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The federal government is seeking permission to force-feed an Iranian asylum-seeker on hunger strike while detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Arizona.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
And do those keys happen to unlock a Time Laser or a psychotic artificial intelligence robot force-feeding contestants pizza and ice cream?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 June 2025
When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 May 2025
Instead, Misty leads a crew to force-feed him through a tube.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Attempts to force-feed Jokic resulted in bad-pass turnovers.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2024
Price of a delicacy: Physicists are developing a new way of producing foie gras that doesn’t require force-feeding the birds.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Public pressure mounted, including from the United Nations, and a court order required authorities to stop force-feeding the group.
—Jimmy Jenkins, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The federal government is seeking permission to force-feed an Iranian asylum-seeker on hunger strike while detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Arizona.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
And do those keys happen to unlock a Time Laser or a psychotic artificial intelligence robot force-feeding contestants pizza and ice cream?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 June 2025
When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 May 2025
Instead, Misty leads a crew to force-feed him through a tube.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Attempts to force-feed Jokic resulted in bad-pass turnovers.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2024
Price of a delicacy: Physicists are developing a new way of producing foie gras that doesn’t require force-feeding the birds.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Force-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force-feed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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