Associations to the word «Coerce»

Wiktionary

COERCE, verb. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
COERCE, verb. (transitive) to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.
COERCE, verb. (transitive) (computing) to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Dictionary definition

COERCE, verb. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley