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compelled

adjective as in answerable

adjective as in managed

adjective as in obligated

adjective as in obliged

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This was a breakthrough moment for Arteaga, who felt compelled to sign up every summer thereafter.

Perhaps more than an actor raised outside of Belfast, Petticrew was able to understand on a visceral level what compelled Dolours to commit acts of terrorism.

Once the officer found the outstanding warrant, he cuffed Nelly’s hands behind his back and, Rosenblum said, “felt compelled” to “parade him through the casino in front of other customers.”

"No one should be compelled, for example, to take part in assisted dying if they've got moral or ethical objections as clinicians. That certainly would be one of my red lines".

From BBC

Harris compelled her supporters to keep up the fight for reproductive justice and gun control, among other issues.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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