Force
nounNoun
physical energy or intensity
“he hit with all the force he could muster”
“a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man”
Type of:IntensityIntensivenessone possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
“may the force be with you”
“the forces of evil”
Similar:PowerType of:Causegroup of people willing to obey orders
“a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”
Similar:PersonnelType of:OrganizationOrganisationa putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
“the shortstop got the runner at second on a force”
Similar:Force-outType of:Putouta unit that is part of some military service
“he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men”
Type of:Unitan act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
“he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one”
Similar:ViolenceType of:HostilityAggressiona group of people having the power of effective action
“he joined forces with a band of adventurers”
a powerful effect or influence
“the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them”
Type of:Influence(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
“force equals mass times acceleration”
(of a law) having legal validity
Similar:EffectType of:ValidityValidness
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”
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
“She forced her diet fads on him”
Similar:ThrustType of:ObligeObligateCompeldo forcibly; exert force
“Don't force it!”
Type of:MoveActmove with force
Similar:PushType of:DisplaceMoveforce into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Similar:ImpelType of:DoMakeCausesqueeze like a wedge into a tight space
take by force
Similar:StormType of:PenetratePerforate
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