force-feed
force-feed
Definition
☆ force·-feed (fôrs′fēd′)
transitive verb -·fed′, -·feed′·ing
to feed by force, esp. by means of a tube passing down the throat to the stomach
force-feed
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- prisoner: These included accounts of force-feeding of prisoners who had been forcibly restrained.
Object
- diet: I'm just sick of getting the usual, force-fed diet of Detroit and Colorado, for that matter.
- woman: Unwilling to release all the imprisoned suffragettes, the prison authorities force-fed these women on hunger strike.
- prisoner: Strong paternalism can be seen in cases such as forcibly administering blood transfusions to Jehovah's Witnesses or force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike.
- duck: Farmers are shown cultivating rice and wheat, rearing cattle, force-feeding ducks and growing mulberry leaves to feed the silk worms.
- packet: A falsetto, I must add, with the clarity of a kitten that had just been force-fed ten packets of Hall's Soothers.
Modifying Another Word
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