What compels you to meow?
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Compels
//kəmˈpɛlz//
Synonyms for "compels" (116 found)
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keep underlord it overmakemotivatemovemove to actionnot let goobsessoppressoveraweoverbearovermasteroverridepossesspowerpreoccupypresspress heavy onpressurepromote
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propelprovokepushput in motionrailroadrepressrestrainride override roughshod overscrewset agoingset goingset in motionshotgunsparkstimulatesubduesubjectsubjugatesuppressterrorizethrusttietrample downtrample upontread downtread upontyrannizetyrannize overunmanuse force uponwalk all overwalk overweigh heavy onwhip onwrench
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Sample sentences
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Apparently, the computer compels me to not see the interesting discussion.
Source: tatoeba (2803526)
Then Dido, struck with wonder at the sight / of one so great and in so strange a plight, / "O Goddess-born! what fate through dangers sore, / what force to savage coasts compels thy flight?"
Source: tatoeba (6797898)
That is the vilest of all tyranny where a man compels the woman he says he loves, to endure the agony of bearing children that she does not want, and for whom, as is the rule rather than the exception, they cannot properly provide.
Source: tatoeba (8603290)
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