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HALE

Definition:

1. [noun] 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)
   Synonyms: Hale, Nathan Hale
   
   
2. [noun] United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
   Synonyms: Hale, George Ellery Hale
   
   
3. [noun] prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
   Synonyms: Hale, Edward Everett Hale
   
   
4. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: coerce, squeeze, pressure, force
   
   
5. [verb] draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
   Synonyms: haul, cart, drag
   
   
6. [adjective] exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
   Synonyms: whole
   
   

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Related Words:

• turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
• drive
• bludgeon
• steamroller, steamroll
• squeeze for
• dragoon, sandbag, railroad
• terrorize, terrorise
• bring oneself
• bowse, bouse

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