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Force

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Definitions for Force

noun
a powerful effect or influence
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  1. the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
noun
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
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  1. force equals mass times acceleration
noun
physical energy or intensity
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  1. he hit with all the force he could muster
  2. it was destroyed by the strength of the gale
  3. a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man
noun
group of people willing to obey orders
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  1. a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
noun
a unit that is part of some military service
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military unit military force military group
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  1. he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
noun
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
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  1. he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
noun
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
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  1. the mysterious presence of an evil power
  2. may the force be with you
  3. the forces of evil
noun
a group of people having the power of effective action
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  1. he joined forces with a band of adventurers
noun
(of a law) having legal validity
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  1. the law is still in effect
noun
a putout of a base runner who is required to run
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force out force-out force play
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  1. the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
  2. the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
verb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
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  1. She forced him to take a job in the city
  2. He squeezed her for information
verb
urge or force (a person) to an action
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  1. constrain or motivate
verb
move with force
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  1. He pushed the table into a corner
verb
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
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  1. She forced her diet fads on him
verb
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
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  1. I squeezed myself into the corner
verb
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
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  1. She rammed her mind into focus
  2. He drives me mad
verb
do forcibly
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  1. exert force
  2. Don't force it!
verb
take by force
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  1. Storm the fort

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