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1) of a rule, condition etc temporarily not in forced or in use (abeyance)

2) a way forced through (barbed wire, defences etc) (breakthrough)

3) to be forced to bat again immediately after an innings because of a low score (follow-on)

4) to make a deep sound forced out by pain, despair or distress (groan)

5) (made of) a kind of hard, black, highly polished mineral; fast, strong stream (of gas, liquid, steam or flame) forced out of a small opening (jet)

6) any part of an animal body or plant with an essential purpose; the means of getting something done; a musical instrument with a keyboard, from which sounds are produced by air forced through pipes (organ)

7) a person who has been forced to leave her or his home or country because of danger from floods, war, political persecution etc (refugee)

8) the condition of being forced to work for others and having no freedom (servitude)

9) a bent or curved tube, pipe etc arranged so that liquid will flow up through it and then go down; a bottle from which soda-water can be forced out by the pressure of gas in it (siphon)

10) a person who is the property of another person; a person forced to work very hard for someone else (slave)

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Meaning:
bound

fastens with ropes etc (as a prisoner)

obligated; destined

bounds

the limits

obligated; destined

compulsory

that must be done

binding

contrived

deliberately forced; insincere

overly planned

driven

of drive

compelled

involuntary

done without a desire, thought or intention; (of muscle, physical action) moving without conscious control

automatic; not done willingly

laborious

needing, showing, great effort

hard, difficult

laboured

slow and troublesome; not easy or natural

difficult to understand, unclear

mandatory

(of a command or power) that must be obeyed

required, necessary

reflexive

(of) a word or verb form showing that the action of a sentence is on the person or thing doing it

automatic; not done willingly

stilted

(of written style, talk, behaviour etc) too formal and unnatural

artificial, pretentious

unnatural

not natural or normal

not regular; artificial

unwilling

not willing (to do something)

not in the mood

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