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forcefeed

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English

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Etymology

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From force +‎ feed.

Verb

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forcefeed (third-person singular simple present forcefeeds, present participle forcefeeding, simple past and past participle forcefed)

  1. Alternative spelling of force-feed
    • 1968, Gil Orlovitz, Milkbottle H., page 16:
      Mr and Mrs Rakmil, are rocking him back and forth on the carpet while Mrs Brody Nina's mother is trying to forcefeed him with another beer bottle.
    • 2014 December, Tim Winton, Cloud Street[1], page 88:
      He remembers the sound of Fish thrashing under the net, how he was forcefed river until he was still and dead and trampled on by his own frightened kin.