coerceformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
forcible
put the heat on someoneidiom
put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom
railroad
rallying cry
ram something down someone's throatidiom
ram something into someone
ransom
slap
squeeze

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Urging & persuading

Examples of pressuring

pressuring

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They were rarely implemented until development agencies began pressuring the local government in the late 1990s.
Originally, opposition to the dam focused on pressuring executive branch officials who might be in a position to protect the site from development.
Behaviors that inhibit autonomy include recanting without having been persuaded, overpersonalizing the argument, and using pressuring statements.
An energy cost charge is added whenever lifting and pressuring is required.
As we shall see, this perception is tied to the prevalent practice in the field of pressuring divorcees to reach an agreement.
The struggle to direct and generate public action persisted well into 1980, with various networks of easterners pressuring the regime for the amelioration of political and social grievances.
At the national level, domestic groups pursue their interests by pressuring the government to adopt favourable policies, and politicians seek power by constructing coalitions among those groups.
Northern environmentalists have been pressuring their governments to force these countries to upgrade their environmental standards and have found unnatural allies in the disgruntled producers.
Other reasons included the family pressuring the patient into making the request, the patient was already dying, or the attending physician felt manipulated by the patient.
Economic globalisation further strained the room of states for manoeuvre in the face of structural changes in the economy and the socio-economic situation by pressuring them to adopt market-friendly policies.
As such, my discussion of digital downloading technology and popular music suggests ways to present a critical point of view on the numerous forces pressuring popular music production and distribution.
National politicians' seemed very focused on pressuring the counties or regions to deal with growing waiting lists.
According to corporatism's critics, the growing strength of environmental movements is the true indicator of better environmental performance, because such groups are responsible for pressuring for reforms.
King and council were well aware of the fine line they walked in pressuring compliance with a loan, as were many of those who refused to give.
This is a means of pressuring patients if they are waiting to go into hospital for an operation.
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