afdwingen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bludgeon noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
- coerce verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
- exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
- force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
Senses
afdwingen is used for these senses in English:
- bludgeon (transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
- bludgeon (transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
- compel (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
- exact (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- force (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
bludgeon — full definition
- noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
- verb To hit someone repeatedly and violently with a heavy object.
- verb To force someone into doing something through pressure or intimidation.
coerce — full definition
- verb To force someone into doing something, using pressure, threats, or intimidation.
- verb In computing, to force a value to convert from one data type to another.