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forcing

verb , present participle of force

Synonyms and Antonyms of forcing

1 to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign

road construction forced them to take an alternate route

Synonyms of forcing

blackjacking, coercing, compelling, constraining, dragooning, driving, impelling, impressing, making, muscling, obligating, obliging, pressing, pressuring, sandbagging

Words Related to forcing

browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cowing, hectoring, intimidating

blackmailing, high-pressuring, menacing, shaming, terrorizing, threatening

badgering, harassing, hounding

Phrases Synonymous with forcing

twisting one's arm

Near Antonyms of forcing

allowing, letting, permitting

arguing, convincing, inducing, moving, persuading, prevailing (on or upon), satisfying, talking (into), winning (over)

2 to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent

was accused of forcing a woman

Synonyms of forcing

assaulting, raping, ravishing, violating

Words Related to forcing

defiling, deflowering

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