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  • Definition
    • force :a powerful effect or influence
      • the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them

    • 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

    • force :(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
      • force equals mass times acceleration

    • 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

    • force :move with force
      • He pushed the table into a corner

    • force :group of people willing to obey orders
      • a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens

    • force :impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
      • She forced her diet fads on him

    • force :a unit that is part of some military service
      • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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