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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
The Welsh government said its permission included land drainage works to be submitted to the council, and it was the authority's job to enforce planning conditions.
Although Musk has declared himself a “free speech absolutist,” the company’s approach to enforcing the platform’s rules is to restrict the reach of potentially offensive posts rather than pull them down.
“This is not a simple problem of enforcing our rules. We need to take stock and do everything in our power to restore our campuses to safe and sane places.”
Content creators are accustomed to such uncertainty, she added, because government directives tend to be vague and unevenly enforced.
The district has directed schools to enforce the ban beginning Feb. 18, the day after Presidents Day weekend.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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