force-feed

English

Verb

force-feed (third-person singular simple present force-feeds, present participle force-feeding, simple past and past participle force-fed)

To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.
They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike.
To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology.
The teachers at this school tend to force-feed their students information, rather than encourage critical thinking and debate.

Translations

force a person or animal to ingest food

Chinese:
Mandarin: 強行餵食, 强行喂食 (qiángxíng wèishí)

Finnish: pakkosyöttää
Russian: please add this translation if you can

force someone to take in information

Chinese:
Mandarin: 填鴨式地灌輸, 填鸭式地灌输 (tiányāshì de guànshū)

Finnish: pakkosyöttää
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

Finnish: pakkosyöttää
French: gaver (fr)

German: zwangsernähren (de)

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