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1. (noun) force
a powerful effect or influence
Synonyms: force play, military group, effect, military unit, violence, strength, power, force out, force-out, forcefulness, military force, personnel

2. (noun) force
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Synonyms: force play, military group, effect, military unit, violence, strength, power, force out, force-out, forcefulness, military force, personnel

3. (noun) force, forcefulness, strength
physical energy or intensity
Synonyms: power, long suit, military posture, military strength, military group, durability, force, military force, intensity level, force play, strength, military capability, violence, effectiveness, effect, specialty, force out, speciality, posture, potency, persuasiveness, metier, intensity, strong point, force-out, strong suit, personnel, forcefulness, military unit, forte, enduringness, lastingness

4. (noun) force, personnel
group of people willing to obey orders
Synonyms: force play, military group, effect, military unit, violence, strength, power, personnel department, staff office, force out, force-out, forcefulness, personnel office, military force, personnel, force

5. (noun) military unit, military force, military group, force
a unit that is part of some military service
Synonyms: force play, military group, effect, military unit, violence, strength, power, force out, force-out, forcefulness, military force, personnel, force

6. (noun) violence, force
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Synonyms: power, military unit, furiousness, military group, force, vehemence, military force, force play, strength, ferocity, violence, effect, wildness, force out, fierceness, fury, force-out, personnel, forcefulness

7. (noun) power, force
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
Synonyms: world power, ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, military group, tycoon, force, military force, force play, strength, magnate, top executive, violence, effect, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, power, baron, big businessman, superpower, force out, mogul, office, force-out, personnel, forcefulness, military unit, king

8. (noun) force
a group of people having the power of effective action
Synonyms: force play, military group, effect, military unit, violence, strength, power, force out, force-out, forcefulness, military force, personnel

9. (noun) effect, force
(of a law) having legal validity
Synonyms: power, consequence, military unit, event, military group, core, force, force out, military force, force play, strength, gist, violence, effect, result, burden, essence, outcome, force-out, upshot, personnel, forcefulness, issue, impression

10. (verb) force out, force-out, force play, force
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
Synonyms: military group, effect, military unit, force play, strength, force-out, force out, power, forcefulness, military force, violence, personnel, force

11. (verb) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, 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"
Synonyms: draw, storm, blackjack, nip, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haul

12. (verb) impel, force
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Synonyms: pressure, hale, coerce, squeeze, storm, push, impel, wedge, thrust, ram, propel, pull, draw, drive, force

13. (verb) push, force
move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
Synonyms: fight, tug, ram, promote, force, agitate, hale, crusade, drive, advertise, thrust, draw, campaign, pull, coerce, storm, squeeze, pressure, wedge, labor, labour, crowd, impel, press, bear on, advertize, push

14. (verb) force, thrust
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Synonyms: stuff, throw, force, pressure, hale, drive, coerce, thrust, draw, push up, shove, storm, squeeze, pull, hurtle, wedge, ram, hurl, impel, lunge, pierce, push

15. (verb) wedge, squeeze, force
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
Synonyms: extort, draw, storm, nip, stick, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, lodge, contract, deposit, stuff, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, constrict

16. (verb) force, drive, ram
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Synonyms: tug, pressure, force back, thrust, get, ram, crash, hale, jam, take, impel, repel, cram, aim, storm, pull, drive, coerce, ride, pound, chock up, wad, ram down, labour, motor, squeeze, push, repulse, force, draw, labor, wedge, jampack, push back, beat back

17. (verb) pull, draw, force
cause to move by pulling
Synonyms: absorb, take in, pressure, suck up, pull in, attract, get, overstretch, thread, quarter, ram, string, perpetrate, pull back, commit, depict, guide, describe, drag, disembowel, thrust, suck, delineate, deplumate, rive, make, hale, soak up, tie, cast, storm, pull, get out, take out, drive, coerce, draw and quarter, root for, push, sop up, puff, reap, draw out, pass, squeeze, pluck, imbibe, impel, deplume, pull up, line, withdraw, pull out, force, draw, draw off, wedge, run, tear, rend, trace, extract, draw in, rip, displume, take up, eviscerate

18. (verb) force
do forcibly; exert force
Synonyms: thrust, pressure, hale, coerce, squeeze, storm, push, impel, wedge, ram, pull, draw, drive

19. (verb) storm, force
take by force
Synonyms: ramp, force, pressure, hale, drive, coerce, thrust, draw, storm, squeeze, pull, rage, surprise, wedge, ram, impel, push

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