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n. (person) | 1. hale, nathan hale | a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776). |
| ~ american revolutionary leader | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States. |
n. (person) | 2. george ellery hale, hale | United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938). |
| ~ astronomer, uranologist, stargazer | a physicist who studies astronomy. |
n. (person) | 3. edward everett hale, hale | prolific United States writer (1822-1909). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
v. (social) | 4. coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.; "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ turn up the heat, turn up the pressure | apply great or increased pressure.; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election" |
| ~ drive | to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.; "She is driven by her passion" |
| ~ bludgeon | overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club.; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure.; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" |
| ~ squeeze for | squeeze someone for money, information, etc.. |
| ~ dragoon, railroad, sandbag | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" |
| ~ terrorise, terrorize | coerce by violence or with threats. |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| ~ bring oneself | cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative.; "He could not bring himself to call his parents" |
v. (contact) | 5. cart, drag, hale, haul | draw slowly or heavily.; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ bouse, bowse | haul with a tackle. |
adj. | 6. hale, whole | exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" |
| ~ healthy | having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease.; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" |
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