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Distrain

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Distrain"

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Word	Definition
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
coerceverb	(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
press downverb	To press or push, especially for a long time.
withstrainverb	(transitive) To restrain.
restrainverb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.
constrictverb	(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
keep underverb	(transitive) To hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
stifleverb	(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
depressverb	To make depressed, sad or bored.
strangleverb	(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
pull the reins in on someoneverb	To restrict, curtail, curb.
grindnoun	The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
nethernoun	(UK dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
mincenoun	(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
hold downverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.
strictenverb	(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become strict; tighten
encumberverb	(transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
retrenchverb	(transitive) To cut down or reduce.