force feed

Verb

force-feed (third-person singular simple present force-feeds, present participle force-feeding, simple past and past participle force-fed)

1. 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.
   • They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike.
2. More broadly, also referring to forcing the drinking of a beverage or other liquid
   • Mr and Mrs Rakmil, are rocking him back and forth on the carpet while Mrs Brody Nina's mother is trying to forcefeed him with another beer bottle.1968, Gil Orlovitz, Milkbottle H., page 16
3. To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology.
   • The teachers at this school tend to force-feed their students information, rather than encourage critical thinking and debate.