force-feed

verb [T]

/ˈfɔːs.fiːd/

/ˈfɔːrs-/

Definition

› to force a person or animal to eat and drink, often putting food into the stomach through a pipe in the mouth: Eventually, the hunger strikers were force-fed.figurative The whole nation was force-fed government propaganda about how well the country was doing.Giving food to people and animals

(Definition of force-feed verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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