Vocabulary
Compel
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
force or oblige (someone) to do something
Urdu meaning
مجبور کرنا یا ہونا، زبردستی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Beyond Iran, these utopian notions are sustained mainly by radicals, both violent and non-violent, within Muslim societies, as well as by ideologues who occasionally compel rulers to adopt such rhetoric, as has of ten happened in Pakistan.
- It`s unclear what would compel the needle to move on this front.
- What`s needed now is serious advocacy that targets global forums, from the United Nations to international standard-settingbodies, to push for binding protocols that compel technology firms to meet stringent environmental obligations.
- Pakistan`s current approach, that a fractured international system one that has failed to implement UNSC resolutions on Kashmir for over seven decades will compel India to reverse course is, at best, too optimistic.
- Without further ado, Pakistan needs to mount an aggressive legal challenge against India`s move to `suspend` the IWT and either compel or convince it to reverse its decision.
Synonyms
force, coerce into, pressurize into, pressure, impel
Curator example
a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions
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