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verb

Definition of dragoonsnext
present tense third-person singular of dragoon
as in forces
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme

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dragoons

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noun

plural of dragoon
as in cavalrymen

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  1. compels
  2. soldiers
  3. troopers
  4. warriors
Verb
  • At the book’s conclusion, looking far into a post-apocalyptic future, Jacobsen compels us to consider what future generations—or the remnants of humanity, should any survive a nuclear war—might think of a civilization that took 12,000 years to build but just 72 hours to destroy itself.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Dianne Brill talking about what compels them to create, among other topics.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of compels
Noun
  • American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • The footage was provided to troopers as part of the investigation.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The pursuit ended when troopers performed a tactical vehicle intervention on the truck.
    Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of troopers
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  • But by the end of the Neolithic Age, with a world population of 100 million, the stakes were much higher, requiring more than a few warriors as well as strong leaders to subdue, even enslave, other people.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The first film recounts the Battle of Thermopylae during the Greco-Persian Wars, where King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta leads 300 of his finest warriors against the massive Persian army commanded by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro).
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Thesaurus Entries Near dragoons

dragooning

dragoons

drag (out)

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