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force v. [
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure] 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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force n. a powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
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force n. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
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force n. [
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"
. wn #5
force v. [
impel] urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
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