Severe punishments used to get testimony from suspects

using one's wealth and power to threaten, oppress others

a situation with very rapid development, leaveing one with no choice but to work harder as a result; the pressure is mounting; a pressing situation

crowded

to force (something) on someone; to obtrude; to coerce; to compel

brake

to squeeze oneself into a croweded bus; to suffer in the crowded bus

cramped

cramped [colloquial]

to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]

lifelike

be forced

closely follow

force

force a draw

threaten

force to live somewhere

force

extort a confession

confession obtained under duress

persecute

compel

force to death

approaches