coercer

koɛʁse

coerça, coerçai, coerçaient

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of coercer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

contrainte

Rare

exercer une contrainte pour obliger quelqu'un à agir

Rare

Il est interdit de coercer les témoins lors d'un procès.

contraindre

forcer

physique

TECH.

retenir ou comprimer entre des parois ou des tissus

TECH.

Le médecin va coercer l'hémorragie avec un bandage serré.

comprimer

retenir

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Origin of coercer

latin, coercēre (circoncrire, contenir)

Examples of coercer in a sentence

On ne peut pas coercer un partenaire à signer un contrat.
On doit coercer la plaie avec une compresse jusqu'à l'arrivée des secours.
Le chirurgien a réussi à coercer l'artère ouverte pendant l'opération.

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English:coerce, compress, ...
German:zwingen, komprimieren, ...
Italian:coercire, comprimere, ...
Spanish:coaccionar, comprimir, ...
Portuguese:coagir, conter, ...
Chinese:胁迫, 夹住, ...
Japanese:強制する, 圧迫する, ...
Arabic:أكره, ضغط, ...
Hebrew:לְהַכְרִיחַ בְּאֶמְצָעוּת לַחַץ, לְהַלְחִיץ, ...
Russian:принуждать, сдавить, ...
Ukrainian:примушувати, стискати, ...
Catalan:coaccionar, comprimir, ...
Danish:tvinge, komprimere, ...
Dutch:dwingen, afklemmen, ...
Greek:εξαναγκάζω, συγκρατώ, ...
Khmer:បង្ខិតបង្ខំ, បង្ហាប់, ...
Korean:강요하다, 압박하다, ...
Polish:zmuszać, ucisnąć, ...
Portuguese (BR):coagir, conter, ...
Romanian:a constrânge, a comprima, ...
Swedish:tvinga, komprimera, ...
Thai:บังคับ, กด, ...
Turkish:zorlamak, bastırmak, ...
Vietnamese:ép buộc, nén, ...

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