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enforce
verb as in put a rule, plan in force
Strongest matches
accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, implement, impose, invoke, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction
Strong matches
administrate, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, incite, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest
Weak matches
crack down, egg on, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to
Example Sentences
They are confident that with American support, their military can enforce their will.
Immigration authorities, who often face bystanders yelling at them and recording their operations, say they are simply enforcing the law.
Edinburgh is not the only council in Scotland to enforce firework control zones this year.
They said the demonstration showed the Palestine Action ban was "impossible to enforce and a preposterous waste of resources".
A hearing on the motion to enforce the injunction is set for October in Fresno.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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