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| 1. | [ verb ] to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" | |
| Synonyms: | coerce pressure squeeze hale | |
| Examples: | "He squeezed her for information" |
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| Related terms: | compel drive bring_oneself terrorize steamroller bludgeon dragoon squeeze_for turn_up_the_heat pressure imperativeness compulsion power_play act | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a powerful effect or influence | |
| Examples: | : "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" |
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| Related terms: | influence pressure wheels lifeblood duress Yin heartbeat coerce | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the physical influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | |
| Examples: | "force equals mass times acceleration" |
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| Related terms: | physical_phenomenon reaction attraction drift pull push repulsion stress centripetal_force cohesion affinity vital_force lorentz_force coriolis_force stress moment torsion magnetomotive_force propulsion aerodynamic_force centrifugal_force elan_vital physics push | |
| 4. | [ noun ] physical energy or intensity | |
| Synonyms: | strength forcefulness | |
| Examples: | : "he hit with all the force he could muster" "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale" "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" |
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| Related terms: | intensity energy momentum stress brunt | |
| 5. | [ verb ] urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | |
| Synonyms: | impel | |
| Related terms: | cause | |
| 6. | [ noun ] group of people willing to obey orders | |
| Synonyms: | personnel | |
| Examples: | "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" |
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| Related terms: | organization military_service work_force police military_personnel staff military rank_and_file management_personnel paramilitary patrol line_personnel guerilla_force military_police security_force | |
| 7. | [ verb ] move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" | |
| Synonyms: | push | |
| Related terms: | pull move thrust thrust repel jostle jostle shove nudge push_aside topple push_up muscle_into jam push_out push jerk flick drive nose displace rout_out push push push baby_buggy move press | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (military) a unit that is part of some military service | |
| Synonyms: | military_force military_unit military_group | |
| Examples: | "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
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| Related terms: | unit enemy command militia task_force headquarters home_guard spearhead army_unit legion republican_guard echelon idf haganah phalanx commando contingent trip_wire air_unit armor mujahadeen naval_unit military_service serviceman military | |
| 9. | [ verb ] impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably | |
| Synonyms: | thrust | |
| Examples: | "She forced her diet fads on him" |
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| Related terms: | compel stick | |
| 10. | [ noun ] an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | |
| Synonyms: | violence | |
| Examples: | "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" |
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| Related terms: | aggression riot domestic_violence road_rage storm | |
| 11. | [ verb ] squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | |
| Synonyms: | squeeze wedge | |
| Examples: | "I squeezed myself into the corner" |
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| Related terms: | move compress impact wedge | |
| 12. | [ verb ] force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
| Synonyms: | drive ram run | |
| Examples: | "She rammed her mind into focus" "He drives me mad" |
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| Related terms: | thrust toe hammer_in screw drive_home drive drive campaign | |
| 13. | [ noun ] one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
| Synonyms: | power | |
| Examples: | : "the mysterious presence of an evil power" "may the force be with you" "the forces of evil" |
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| Related terms: | causal_agent Moloch influence juggernaut | |
| 14. | [ verb ] do forcibly; exert force | |
| Examples: | "Don't force it!" |
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| Related terms: | act pull repel gouge squirt wrest evict | |
| 15. | [ verb ] cause to move along the ground by pulling | |
| Synonyms: | pull draw | |
| Examples: | "draw a wagon" "pull a sled" |
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| Related terms: | push move attract drag yank attract haul pluck entrain hike_up stretch tug adduct abduct twitch winch pull_back pluck attract attract extract level pluck wrest uproot rope_in shlep pull_back pull pull pull draw draft | |
| 16. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7982 | |
| 17. | [ verb ] take by force | |
| Synonyms: | storm | |
| Examples: | "Storm the fort" |
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| Related terms: | penetrate violence | |
| 18. | [ noun ] a group of people having the power of effective action | |
| Examples: | "he joined forces with a band of adventurers" |
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| Related terms: | social_group | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (of a law) having legal validity | |
| Synonyms: | effect | |
| Examples: | "the law is still in effect" |
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| Related terms: | validity law | |
| Similar spelling: |
force_17 forge Forck Forkey Forgey forego foresee forage |
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