force

/fɔːs/ · noun

Meaning

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
To violate (a woman); to rape.
To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
To compel (someone or something) to do something.
To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
(law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.
A waterfall or cascade.
To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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