pressure

pressure noun anxiety, anxiousness, brunt, brute force, burden, coercion, compulsion, constraining force, constraint, controlling power, crisis, drive, duress, exertion, exhortation, exigency, force, hardship, heaviness, hindrance, imperativeness, importunateness, influentiality, insistence, intensity, intimidation, load, necessity, need, obligation, oppression, persuasion, pondus, power, power of directing, power of impelling, press, pull, push, strain, stress, sway, tension, undue influunce, urgency, vis, weight
Associated concepts: undue influence

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pressure verb adjure, advocate, bear down, beg, blandish, cajole, coax, coerce, command, compel, constrain, drive, entreat, exhort, force, goad, implore, influence, insist, intimidate, oppress, persuade, plead, press, prod, push, request, solicit, stress, urge
Associated concepts: coercion, duress, intimidation, undue influence

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See also: aggravation, bribery, burden, cajole, coerce, coercion, compel, compulsion, constrain, constraint, dint, duress, encumbrance, enforcement, exigency, force, hasten, impetus, impulse, inducement, influence, instigation, leverage, lobby, main force, persuasion, power, predicament, provocation, requirement, restriction, strength, stress, weight