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force — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦ forces, forcing, forced 1) VERB If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example by threatening you. [V n to inf] He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing… … English dictionary
Force (law) — In the field of law, the word force has two main meanings: unlawful violence and lawful compulsion. Forced entry is an expression falling under the category of unlawful violence; in force or forced sale would be examples of expressions in the… … Wikipedia
Done with Mirrors — Studio album by Aerosmith Released November 9, 1985 … Wikipedia
force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp … Law dictionary
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force — n 1 *power, energy, strength, might, puissance Analogous words: *stress, strain, pressure, tension: *speed, velocity, momentum, impetus, headway 2 Force, violence, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint denote the exercise or the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
done — past participle of DO (Cf. do); from O.E. pp. gedon (a vestige of the prefix is in ADO (Cf. ado)). U.S. Southern use of done in phrases like he done gone to the store is attested from 1827, according to OED: a perfective auxiliary or with… … Etymology dictionary
Force — For other uses, see Force (disambiguation). See also: Forcing (disambiguation) Forces are also described as a push or pull on an object. They can be due to phenomena such as gravity, magnetism, or anything that might cause a mass to accelerate … Wikipedia
force — force1 W1S3 [fo:s US fo:rs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(military)¦ 2¦(military action)¦ 3¦(violence)¦ 4¦(physical power)¦ 5¦(natural power)¦ 6¦(organized group)¦ 7¦(strong influence)¦ 8¦(powerful effect)¦ 9 join/combine forces (with somebody/something) … Dictionary of contemporary English
force — 1 noun 1 MILITARY a) (C) a group of people who have been trained to fight in a war: forces loyal to President Aquino | a highly efficient fighting force b) the forces the army, navy, and air force: Both her sons are in the forces. c) (U) military … Longman dictionary of contemporary English