English-French translations for force-feed

• gaver
  Si vous enfoncez un entonnoir dans la gorge d’une oie pour la gaver de maïs, il est impossible de ne lui causer ni souffrance ni dommage. If you stick a funnel down a goose's throat and force-feed it with maize, there is no way that you are not causing suffering or injury.
• gorger

Definition of force-feed

• 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
• More broadly, also referring to forcing the drinking of a beverage or other liquid
• To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology

Examples

• They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike.
• The teachers at this school tend to force-feed their students information, rather than encourage critical thinking and debate.

Related words

• force
• enforced
• workforce
• reinforce
• forceful
• forcefully
• enforce
• counterforce
• perforce
• reinforced