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noun(of a law) having legal validity
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"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"noungroup of people willing to obey orders
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"he hit with all the force he could muster" "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"nounphysical energy or intensity
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"the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"nouna 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
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"She forced him to take a job in the city"verbto cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
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verbforce into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphoricallytype of:
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verburge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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verbmove with force
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"She forced her diet fads on him"verbimpose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
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verbsqueeze like a wedge into a tight space
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"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"nouna unit that is part of some military service
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"may the force be with you" "the forces of evil"nounone possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
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"he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"nounan act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
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verbtake by force
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"he joined forces with a band of adventurers"nouna group of people having the power of effective actiontype of:
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"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"nouna powerful effect or influencetype of:
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"Don't force it!"verbdo forcibly; exert force
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"force equals mass times acceleration"noun(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantitytype of:
Definition that contains force
- part force, take, or pull apart
- break force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- shoot force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- drive force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- force force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- tree force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- press force or impel in an indicated direction
- energy forceful exertion
- corner force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape