noun : FORCE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" ;
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2. (
) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration" ;
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3. (
) 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" ;
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5. (
) a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" ;
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6. (
) 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" ;
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8. (
) a group of people having the power of effective action; "he joined forces with a band of adventurers" ;
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10. (
) 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" ;
verb : FORCE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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7. (
) do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!" ;
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