compelled
Americanadjective
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secured or brought about by force.
Statements made in a compelled interview may not be used in a criminal proceeding.
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forced or driven to a particular course of action, often by an irresistible internal urge.
I haven't felt so compelled to learn as much as I can about something since my fascination with Slavic folk music!
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Compelled to transform the incomprehensible destruction into something meaningful, Reva created 2023’s “The Flower of Death,” utilizing rocket fragments from the actual strike on his house.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
Compelled to find someone who would listen, she Googled the names of midwives in Charleston.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2023
Compelled because no one informed me of that fact as I rounded the horn into my 50s.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
Compelled by droughts in California and in her family’s native India, Shreya Ramachandran launched a nonprofit foundation called The Grey Water Project in 2016 to promote greywater recycling.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022
Compelled by sheer force to pause, now, she turned, meeting Slocumb's face quite near her own.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
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