DRAGOONS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dragoon

as in forces

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme

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dragoons

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noun

plural of dragoon

as in cavalrymen

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When a storm forces them to stay indoors, old wounds and hidden fears come to the surface, exposing their struggle to connect.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
With minor candidates on the ballot, there's a scenario where Colom pulls an upset or at least forces a runoff.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of forces

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However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025

Definition of coerces

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Frank’s ruling keeps the proposal to raise the homestead exemption up to $250,000 for Florida property owners on the ballot, but compels Attorney General James Uthmeier to rewrite parts of the plan.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
The competitive pressure to achieve maximal adoption compels a convergence toward openness.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of compels

Noun

Records from that time indicated state troopers found Farinacci sitting on a park bench, out of breath, the affidavit reads.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
He was directed to come to the Fairfield rest area to meet with troopers and, once there, was identified as 44-year-old Jeffrey Guerette of Bridgeport, according to state police.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of troopers

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While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
In the beginning, Piker wanted to show young men that leftists could be fun — not just woke social-justice warriors and PC scolds.

— Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

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