Compulsion
Nouns
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compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription. force
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brute force, main force, physical force
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the sword
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club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, martial law. restraint etc. Restraint
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necessity etc. Necessity
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Hobson's choice.
Verbs
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compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige. force upon, press
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cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat
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say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial
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put down, dragoon. extort, wring from
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squeeze, put on the squeeze
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put on the screws, turn on the screw
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drag into
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bind, bind over
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pin down, tie down
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require, tax, put in force
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commandeer
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restrain etc. Restraint.
Adjectives
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compelling etc. v.
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coercive, coactive
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inexorable etc. Severity
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compulsory, compulsatory
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obligatory, stringent, peremptory. forcible, not to be trifled with
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irresistible etc. Necessity
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compelled etc. v.
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fain to.
Adverbs
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by force etc. n., by force of arms
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on compulsion, perforce
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under the lash
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at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
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forcibly
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by a strong arm. under protest, in spite of one's teeth
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against one's will etc. Unwillingness
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by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather
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under press of
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de rigueur. with a gun to one's head.
Phrases
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I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.