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commands
noun as in directive, instruction
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- act
- adjuration
- ban
- behest
- bidding
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- commandment
- decree
- demand
- devoir
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- edict
- enactment
- exaction
- fiat
- imperative
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- notification
- obligation
- ordinance
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- prohibition
- proscription
- requirement
- requisition
- subpoena
- summons
- ultimatum
- warrant
- will
- writ
noun as in rule, power
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verb as in demand
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verb as in rule, have power
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Example Sentences
One of the CBP officers, identified as J.C., decided to break the window after Longoria refused the commands, and was allegedly struck by the driver’s door on his left elbow and left calf.
Police said they shot the man after he ignored their commands to drop what appeared to be a rifle.
Nothing, it seems, commands the attention of Rams fans more than the team’s uniforms.
They joined a lawsuit with unions and immigrants rights groups as well as others who said they were confronted with masked agents who shouted commands and, in some instances, pushed them to the ground.
“I want to see your bosoms jouncing during fellowship,” he commands a member of his flock.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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