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pressedverb1past tense of press to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual rightthe fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car appropriated, arrogated, commandeered, converted, expropriated, pirated, preempted, seized, took over, usurped annexed, attached, claimed, confiscated, impounded, repossessed, sequesteredassumed, collared, grabbed, grasped, snatched, stole, wrenched, wresteddespoiled, looted, pillagedencroached, infringed, invaded, occupied, preoccupied, trespassedembezzled, misapplied, misappropriated, misused, peculated to push steadily against with some forcean old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard bore (down on), depressed, shoved, weighed (on or upon) compressed, mashed, punched, squashed, squeezed, squished, squooshedcompelled, forced, pressuredleaned (on or against), muscleddrove, propelled, thrustcompacted, condensed, constricted, contracted, crushed, scrunched, wrungcrammed, jammed, jam-packed, packed, stuffed, wedged to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents ofmy family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges to gather into a closely packed groupeveryone pressed around me to see the pictures bunched, clustered, crowded, huddled, piled assembled, collected, concentered, concentrated, conglomerated, congregated, convened, converged, flocked, forgathered(or foregathered), herded, swarmed, throngedencircled, mobbed, surroundedembraced, hugged broke up, disbanded, dispersed, split (up) to force one's waywe continued to press deeper and deeper into the tangled rain forest bored, bulldozed, bulled, crashed, elbowed, jammed, jostled, muscled, pushed, shouldered, squeezed rammed, shoved, thrust to cause (a person) to give in to pressurea manager pressed by a business crisis to return from his vacation ahead of schedule blackjacked, coerced, compelled, constrained, dragooned, drove, forced, impelled, impressed, made, muscled, obligated, obliged, pressured, sandbagged browbeat, bulldozed, bullied, cowed, hectored, intimidatedblackmailed, high-pressured, menaced, shamed, terrorized, threateneddraggedbadgered, harassed, hounded twisted one's arm allowed, let, permittedargued, convinced, induced, moved, persuaded, prevailed (on or upon), satisfied, talked (into), won (over) to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of actionpressed us to go with them to the school board meeting egged (on), encouraged, exhorted, goaded, nudged, prodded, prompted, urged drove, propelled, spurred, stimulatedhurried, hustled, pushed, rushedadjured, beseeched(or besought), implored, importunedblandished, cajoled, coaxed, soft-soaped, wheedledhigh-pressured, nagged, needled, pressuredfomented, incited, instigated, provoked, stirred (up) deterred, discouraged, dissuadedbraked, checked, constrained, curbed, held back, inhibited, restrained to indicate the importance of by centering attention onan office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security accented, accentuated, emphasized, featured, foregrounded, highlighted, illuminated, played up, pointed (up), punctuated, stressed focused(also focussed), identified, pinpointed, spotlighted(or spotlit)advertised, boosted, plugged, promoted, publicizedoverplayed bore down on, made much of de-emphasized, played down toned (down), underemphasized, understatedbelittled, discounted, disparaged, minimized |