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Synonyms for enforce
ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrsen·force

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.8 / 5 votes

  1. enforce

    To execute is to follow through to the end, put into absolute and final effect in action; to administer is to conduct as one holding a trust, as a minister and not an originator; the sheriff executes a writ; the trustee administers an estate, a charity, etc.; to enforce is to put into effect by force, actual or potential. To administer the laws is the province of a court of justice; to execute the laws is the province of a sheriff, marshal, constable, or other executive officer; to administer the law is to declare or apply it; to execute the law is to put it in force; for this enforce is the more general word, execute the more specific. From signifying to superintend officially some application or infliction, administer passes by a natural transition to signify inflict, mete out, dispense, and blows, medicine, etc., are said to be administered: a usage thoroughly established and reputable in spite of pedantic objections. Enforce signifies also to present and urge home by intellectual and moral force; as, to enforce a precept or a duty. Compare DO; KILL; MAKE.

    Synonyms:
    administer, carry out, do, execute, perform

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. enforce

    Synonyms:
    urge, compel, require, exact, exert, strain

    Antonyms:
    relax, waive, forego, remit, abandon

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. enforce, implement, applyverb

    ensure observance of laws and rules

    "Apply the rules to everyone";

    Synonyms:
    lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, implement, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, practice, put through, utilize, go for, apply

    Antonyms:
    free, relieve, exempt

  2. enforce, imposeverb

    compel to behave in a certain way

    "Social relations impose courtesy"

    Synonyms:
    implement, bring down, visit, levy, impose, inflict, apply

    Antonyms:
    free, relieve, exempt

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. enforceverb

    Synonyms:
    give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind

  2. enforceverb

    Synonyms:
    put in execution, put in force

  3. enforceverb

    Synonyms:
    constrain, compel, oblige, force, require

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How to use enforce in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Ceresney:

    We are pleased with the judgment and will take every available step to enforce it.

  2. James Lewis:

    If Russia decided to enforce the law, things might be different.

  3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

  4. Aftab Mehmood:

    Manzoor Ahmad Qureshi predicted. STILL STRUGGLING TO ENFORCE. While the village committees in Diamer have new powers, they still find themselves outmatched by timber smugglers in technology and other resources, local experts say. The forest department lacks the resources it needs to effectively monitor all the forests in the region, while the smugglers have access to all the equipment and money they need, said Aftab Mehmood, a divisional forest officer at the Gilgit-Baltistan wildlife department. have proposed to the government that it raise a special force in the region to combat the timber smugglers and protect the rights of the local forest communities.

  5. Greg Abbott:

    While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress, the State of Texas is once again stepping up and taking unprecedented actionto protect Americans andsecure our southern border.


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