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Meaning of compulse | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To force, constrain, or obligate.
  2. To behave in a compulsive manner.

Equivalents

Français compulse
日本語 強いる 強ふ

Examples

“I didn't choose to. I was compulsed.”
“However, a person can be more or less compulsed as it is possible for the human person to become enlightened, face and work with the particular compulsive style one as adopted.”
“I'm damned tired of being impressed into service, compulsed into doing things I hate to do.”
“We are compulsed to this place and put into information that is very twisted already.”
“Fantasize about sex instead of obsessing and compulsing.”
“Howard, stop talking! I asked a simple question. You gave me one of your more-than-I-will-ever- want-to-know answers. You are compulsing again.”
“...where if one is not compulsing, then she is in a state of withdrawal from all activities and social interactions, as even the smallest things can trigger the obsessive fixation.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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