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collapse - required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" related words >
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- tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and compelling evidence"
- driving or forcing; "compelling ambition" related words >
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- a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
- strongly motivated to succeed
- caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking" related words >
- accordant,
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- blind,
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- suppressive
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- tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest" related words >
- absolute,
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- able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand" related words >
- U,
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- unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"
- absolutely essential related words >
- absolute,
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- a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
- compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" related words >
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- powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" related words >
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- driving
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- the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
- having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
- acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive" related words >
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- characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace" related words >
- accented,
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- irresistible
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- overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"
- impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" related words >
- absolute,
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- valid,
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