force-feed
Make someone swallow
Force-feed means to compel someone or something to eat, typically by inserting food directly into the throat or stomach.
The term applies literally to the feeding of livestock being fattened, or to hunger strikers being fed against their will.
Figuratively, to force-feed is to impose information or content on unwilling recipients: The curriculum force-feeds students dates and facts without context.
The past tense is force-fed.
Force to act
- imposeForce acceptance of
- cramForce into tight space
- shovePush with force
- thrustForceful forward motion
indoctrinate · brainwash · propaganda · pressure · unwilling · involuntary · resistance · mandatory
Force into tight space
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- bombardAttack without ceasing
deluge · inundate · excess · glut · surfeit · oversupply · barrage · flood
Nose-to-stomach route
- enteralPertaining to intestines
- intravenousInto the vein
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- sustenanceMeans of living
nutrition · formula · liquid diet · calories · proteins · hydration · parenteral · intubation
Fattened waterfowl liver
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- gooseLarge honking waterfowl
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- fatteningPromoting weight gain
funnel · pâté · delicacy · French cuisine · gastronomy · gourmet · animal welfare · ban
Domesticated farm animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
- fatteningPromoting weight gain
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
- farmAgricultural land tract
commercial · veal · cramming · confined · industrial · meat production · rapid growth
compel
Force to act
thrust · indoctrinate · brainwash · propaganda · pressure · unwilling · involuntary · resistance · mandatory · agenda
cram
Force into tight space
bombard · deluge · inundate · excess · glut · surfeit · oversupply · barrage · flood · torrent
nasogastric
Nose-to-stomach route
- enteralPertaining to intestines
- intravenousInto the vein
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
sustenance · nutrition · formula · liquid diet · calories · proteins · hydration · parenteral · intubation · patient
foie gras
Fattened waterfowl liver
fattening · funnel · pâté · delicacy · French cuisine · gastronomy · gourmet · animal welfare · ban · esophagus
livestock
Domesticated farm animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
- fatteningPromoting weight gain
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
farm · commercial · veal · cramming · confined · industrial · meat production · rapid growth