Synonyms for exert
ɪgˈzɜrtexert

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1. exert, exerciseverb

   put to use

   "exert one's power or influence"

   Synonyms:
   work, practise, maintain, exert, drill, do, exercise, work out, practice, wield

2. wield, exert, maintainverb

   have and exercise

   "wield power and authority"

   Synonyms:
   asseverate, keep up, keep, conserve, observe, wield, hold, handle, manage, assert, defend, sustain, maintain, exert, uphold, preserve, exercise

3. exertverb

   make a great effort at a mental or physical task

   "exert oneself"

   Synonyms:
   exercise, maintain, wield

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Employ
   • Hold

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1. exertverb

   Synonyms:
   EXERCISE, use, put forth, put in action, bring into operation, set to work

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1. List of paraphrases for "exert":

   exercise, put, practise, exercising, perform, make, wield

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1. Heiko Maas:

   The Mercosur agreement ... gives us possibilities and means to exert pressure to influence things on the ground (in Brazil).

2. Benjamin Taylor:

   For them to exert that force on him is unconscionable, no matter what age, race and gender you are, police should not be attacking and hurting people when they're there to serve and protect.

3. Mohamed Henni:

   The degradation of natural resources will exert an enormous pressure on the food security. This could be aggravated by climate change.

4. Antony Blinken:

   What's at stake is not simply, as important as it is, Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence but very basic principles that have, in a hard-fought way after two World Wars and a Cold War, undergirded security, peace and prosperity for countries around the world -- principles like one country can't simply change the borders of another by force ; principles like one country can't simply dictate to another its choices, its policies, with who it will associate ; principles like one country can't exert a sphere of influence to subjugate its neighbors to its will, if we allow those principles to be challenged with impunity, even if it's half a world away in Europe, that will have an impact here as well.

5. Emmanuel Macron:

   We are in what can be described as a hybrid war, russia uses energy resources like it does food as a war weapon to exert pressure.