1. (noun)force a powerful effect or influence "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
2. (noun)force (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity "force equals mass times acceleration"
3. (noun)force, forcefulness, strength 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"
4. (noun)force, personnel group of peoplewilling to obey orders
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
5. (noun)military unit, military force, military group, force a unit that is part of some militaryservice "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
6. (noun)violence, 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"
7. (noun)power, force one possessing or exercisingpower or influence or authority "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
8. (noun)force a group of people having the power of effective action "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
9. (noun)effect, force (of a law) having legal validity "the law is still in effect"
11. (verb)coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectualmeans :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
"He squeezed her for information"
12. (verb)impel, force urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
13. (verb)push, force move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
14. (verb)force, thrust impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
"She forced her diet fads on him"
15. (verb)wedge, squeeze, force squeezelike a wedge into a tight space "I squeezed myself into the corner"
16. (verb)force, drive, ram force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
"She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
17. (verb)pull, draw, force cause to move by pulling "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
18. (verb)force do forcibly; exert force "Don't force it!"
19. (verb)storm, force take by force "Storm the fort"
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