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(noun) force out, force play, force-out
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
(noun) violence
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
(noun) effect
(of a law) having legal validity
the law is still in effect
(noun) 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
(noun) military force, military group, military unit
a unit that is part of some military service
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
(noun) personnel
group of people willing to obey orders
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
(noun) power
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
the mysterious presence of an evil power; may the force be with you; the forces of evil
(verb) thrust
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
She forced her diet fads on him
cause to move by pulling
draw a wagon; pull a sled
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
She rammed her mind into focus; He drives me mad
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
I squeezed myself into the corner
(verb) storm
take by force
Storm the fort
(verb) impel
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
(verb) push
move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
(verb) squeeze, pressure, hale, coerce
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