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2. | force - 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" Synonyms: power | |
3. | force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration" | |
4. | ![]() Synonyms: personnel | |
5. | force - a powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" | |
6. | force - 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" Synonyms: violence | |
7. | force - 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" Synonyms: forcefulness, strength | |
8. | force - a group of people having the power of effective action; "he joined forces with a band of adventurers" | |
9. | force - (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect" Synonyms: effect | |
Verb | 1. | force - 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" |
2. | force - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate Synonyms: impel | |
3. | force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" Synonyms: push | |
4. | force - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" Synonyms: thrust | |
5. | force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" | |
6. | force - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" | |
7. | force - do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!" | |
8. | force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" | |
9. | force - take by force; "Storm the fort" Synonyms: storm |
Force - A dBASE dialect for MS-DOS. |