forcing

force[ 'f?:si? ]

• n.
  • a unit that is part of some military service

    "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

    同义词：military unitmilitary forcemilitary group

  • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

    "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"

    同义词：power

  • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

    "force equals mass times acceleration"

  • group of people willing to obey orders

    "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

    同义词：personnel

  • a powerful effect or influence

    "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

  • 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"

    同义词：violence

  • physical energy or intensity

    "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

    同义词：forcefulnessstrength

  • a group of people having the power of effective action

    "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"

  • (of a law) having legal validity

    同义词：effect

  • 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"

    同义词：force outforce-outforce play

• v.
  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

    "She forced him to take a job in the city"

    同义词：coercehalesqueezepressure

  • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

    同义词：impel

  • move with force,

    同义词：push

  • impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably

    "She forced her diet fads on him"

    同义词：thrust

  • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    同义词：wedgesqueeze

  • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

    同义词：driveram

  • do forcibly; exert force

    "Don't force it!"

  • cause to move by pulling

    同义词：pulldraw

  • take by force

    同义词：storm