compel | (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: obligate, oblige |
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(verb) necessitate or exact | - |
dispel | (verb) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | Synonyms: chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back |
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(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter |
expel | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release |
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(verb) cause to flee | Synonyms: rout, rout out |
(verb) force to leave or move out | Synonyms: kick out, throw out |
(verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out |
fingerspell | (verb) communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language | Synonyms: finger-spell |
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impel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: propel |
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(verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: force |
interpellate | (verb) question formally about policy or government business | - |
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misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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pelt | (verb) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles | Synonyms: pepper |
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(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile | Synonyms: bombard |
(verb) rain heavily | Synonyms: pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream |
propel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: impel |
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(verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt |
rappel | (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
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repel | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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(verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse |
(verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse |
(verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in | Synonyms: repulse |
(verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: disgust, gross out, revolt |
spell | (verb) take turns working | - |
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(verb) orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of | Synonyms: spell out |
(verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: import |
(verb) place under a spell | - |
(verb) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) | Synonyms: write |
(verb) relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn | - |
spellbind | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: entrance |
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(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize |
(verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, transfix |
spelunk | (verb) explore natural caves | Synonyms: cave |
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unspell | (verb) release from a spell | - |
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