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Verb pressure has 2 senses
- coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
--1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentence:
They pressure him to write the letter
- blackmail, blackjack, pressure - exert pressure on someone through threats
--2 is one way to influence, act upon, work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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