force feed
Shove food down
Force feed means to compel someone or something to eat, typically by pushing food down the throat.
The practice appears in contexts from gavage of geese for foie gras to medical intervention with patients who refuse food.
Figuratively, to force-feed is to impose information or content on unwilling recipients: The algorithm force-feeds users engagement bait.
Also spelled force-feed.
Force to act
- imposeForce acceptance of
- pressureForce upon contact
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- obligateCommit by necessity
demand · constrain · involuntary · strong-arm · coerce · dictate · require · subjugate
Increase body mass
- nutritionBodily use of food
- sustenanceMeans of living
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
intubation · nasogastric · enteral · nutrients · dietary · stomach tube · bolus · formula
Attack without ceasing
- inundateOverwhelm with excess
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
deluge · swamp · barrage · choke · smother · glut · oversupply · surfeit
Implant fixed beliefs
- brainwashCoercively alter beliefs
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- messagingSending written digital communications
- narrativeAccount of events
dogma · ideology · conditioning · programming · misinformation · spin · rhetoric · talking points
compel
Force to act
obligate · demand · constrain · involuntary · strong-arm · coerce · dictate · require · subjugate · bully
fatten
Increase body mass
- nutritionBodily use of food
- sustenanceMeans of living
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
foie gras · intubation · nasogastric · enteral · nutrients · dietary · stomach tube · bolus · formula · liquid diet
bombard
Attack without ceasing
overload · deluge · swamp · barrage · choke · smother · glut · oversupply · surfeit · excess
indoctrinate
Implant fixed beliefs
- brainwashCoercively alter beliefs
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- messagingSending written digital communications
narrative · dogma · ideology · conditioning · programming · misinformation · spin · rhetoric · talking points · agenda