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Meanings of force-feeding in English

The practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will, especially by mechanical means.

Synonyms
Examples for "gavage"
Examples for "gavage"
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All mice were administered orally by gavage daily for 7 continuous days.
Pubmed
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Methods: Newborn rats received daily by gavage either L. fermentum or water.
Pubmed
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Boissière is happy to talk in detail about the gavage.
The Guardian
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The administration of EKB-569 by gavage was less effective probably because of lower bioavailability.
Pubmed
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Continuous gavage administration was given for 30 days, the water-drinking volume and food-intake were recorded.
Pubmed
Usage of force-feeding in English
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Only once was one of the girls bitten when she attempted force-feeding.
Growing Nuts in the North / A Personal Story of the Author's Exp...
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The producers argue force-feeding is reversible and does not make them sick.
The Guardian
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Keeping someone from death by force-feeding them is disgusting and barely ethical.
Reuters
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Animal rights groups contend that the force-feeding process is painful, gruesome and inhumane.
Reuters
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The force-feeding itself, however, is not part of the tour.
The Guardian
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The World Medical Association has unequivocally declared force-feeding as inhumane.
Ebony
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They had me face the sky, and started force-feeding me, and I started choking.
News.com.au
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Listening more to developing countries gets better results than force-feeding them through 'technical assistance' programmes.
The Guardian
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This is all part of the force-feeding of American school kids with ads, Ruskin said.
Wired
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One scene imagines the daughter of one of Anwar's victims force-feeding him his own liver.
The Guardian
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In the meantime, daily force-feeding via rubber tubing continues.
Ebony
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Forget the force-feeding of reading and chill out, babe.
The Irish Times
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One incident that contributed to his mistrust was a force-feeding at a Guantanamo prison camp.
Reuters
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All we had left to eat was okra, which I remember my mum force-feeding us.
The Guardian
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The Price sisters' strike became internationally famous, mainly because it involved the contentious issue of force-feeding.
The Guardian
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Much of Wednesday's session was closed for review of top-secret security materials, including videotapes of force-feeding.
Reuters