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enforce
nouns
enforce a law
• He wants the police to enforce the law and arrest the men.
enforce a rule/regulation
• The rules are strictly enforced.
enforce an agreement
• The president called for UN action to enforce the agreement.
enforce a ban
• The ban on commercial whaling can only be enforced with the international cooperation.
enforce sanctions
• The EU has threatened to enforce sanctions by blockading the port.
enforce discipline
• You have to enforce classroom discipline or there is chaos.
adverbs
be strictly/rigorously enforced
• The new parking restrictions will be strictly enforced.
be properly enforced
• Rules are only effective if they are properly enforced.
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verb ADV. fully, properly, rigidly, rigorously, strictly, vigorously The rules were strictly enforced. | legally VERB + ENFORCE can/cannot, could/could not The ban cannot be legally enforced. | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | help (to) a system of local inspectors to help enforce presidential decrees | seek to, take steps to The government may take steps to enforce compliance with the new measures. | decline to, refuse to
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