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force

Nouns

• (n) a powerful effect or influence
  • the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
• (n) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
  • force equals mass times acceleration
• (n) physical energy or intensity
  • 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
  forcefulness, strength,
• (n) group of people willing to obey orders
  • a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
  personnel,
• (n) a unit that is part of some military service
  • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
  military force, military group, military unit,
• (n) an 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
  violence,
• (n) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  • the mysterious presence of an evil power
  • may the force be with you
  • the forces of evil
  power,
• (n) a group of people having the power of effective action
  • he joined forces with a band of adventurers
• (n) (of a law) having legal validity
  • the law is still in effect
  effect,
• (n) a 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
  force out, force-out, force play,

Verbs

• (v) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
  • He squeezed her for information
  coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze,
• (v) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate impel,
• (v) move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" push,
• (v) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  • She forced her diet fads on him
  thrust,
• (v) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  • I squeezed myself into the corner
  wedge, squeeze,
• (v) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • She rammed her mind into focus
  • He drives me mad
  ram, drive,
• (v) cause to move by pulling
  • draw a wagon
  • pull a sled
  draw, pull,
• (v) do forcibly; exert force
  • Don't force it!
• (v) take by force
  • Storm the fort
  storm,

Synonyms

coerce hale pressure squeeze impel forcefulness strength push thrust personnel military force military group military unit wedge violence ram drive power draw pull effect storm force out force play

Antonyms

draw pull force push

See also

crowd out force out drive out rouse rout out drive in screw beat in drill in hammer in ram down dismantle pull down rase raze tear down level take down pluck pull off pick off tweak extract pull out pull up draw out take out pull pull along schlep shlep attract pull in draw in draw pull back gouge squirt eject squeeze out evict beat back force back push back repel repulse drive

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