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'forces'

[force.n.01] as in: a powerful effect or influence

Examples:
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them

'forces'

[force.n.02] as in: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

Examples:
force equals mass times acceleration

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[force.n.03] as in: physical energy or intensity

Examples:
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

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[force.n.04] as in: group of people willing to obey orders

Examples:
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens

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[military_unit.n.01] as in: a unit that is part of some military service

Examples:
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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[violence.n.01] as in: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

Examples:
he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one

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[power.n.05] as in: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

Examples:
the mysterious presence of an evil power
may the force be with you
the forces of evil

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[force.n.08] as in: a group of people having the power of effective action

Examples:
he joined forces with a band of adventurers

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[effect.n.05] as in: (of a law) having legal validity

Examples:
the law is still in effect

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[force_out.n.01] as in: 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

Examples:
the shortstop got the runner at second on a force

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[coerce.v.01] as in: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

Examples:
She forced him to take a job in the city
He squeezed her for information

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[impel.v.01] as in: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

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[push.v.01] as in: move with force,

Examples:
He pushed the table into a corner

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[force.v.04] as in: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

Examples:
She forced her diet fads on him

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[wedge.v.02] as in: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

Examples:
I squeezed myself into the corner

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[force.v.06] as in: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

Examples:
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad

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[pull.v.01] as in: cause to move by pulling

Examples:
draw a wagon
pull a sled

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[force.v.08] as in: do forcibly; exert force

Examples:
Don't force it!

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[storm.v.02] as in: take by force

Examples:
Storm the fort