airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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(verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
coerce | (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: force, hale, pressure, squeeze |
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commerce | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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(noun) social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. | - |
divorce | (noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage | Synonyms: divorcement |
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(verb) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage | Synonyms: split up |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite |
enforce | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, implement |
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(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, impose |
farce | (noun) a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | Synonyms: farce comedy, travesty |
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(noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: forcemeat |
(verb) fill with a stuffing while cooking | Synonyms: stuff |
fierce | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: tearing, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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(adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: bowelless, cutthroat |
(adjective) violently agitated and turbulent | Synonyms: boisterous, rough |
(adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, furious, savage |
force | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: force-out, force out, force play |
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(noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: violence |
(noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: forcefulness, strength |
(noun) a powerful effect or influence | - |
(noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: effect |
(noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: personnel |
(noun) a unit that is part of some military service | Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit |
(noun) a group of people having the power of effective action | - |
(noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: power |
(noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | - |
(verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: thrust |
(verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: squeeze, wedge |
(verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: drive, ram |
(verb) take by force | Synonyms: storm |
(verb) do forcibly; exert force | - |
(verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: impel |
(verb) move with force | Synonyms: push |
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze |
outsource | (verb) obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out | - |
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perforce | (adverb) by necessity; by force of circumstance | - |
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pierce | (verb) make a hole into | - |
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(verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: thrust |
(verb) cut or make a way through | - |
(verb) move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply | - |
(verb) sound sharply or shrilly | - |
reenforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reinforce |
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reinforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reenforce |
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(verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reward |
resource | (noun) a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed | - |
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(noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resourcefulness |
(noun) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed | - |
scarce | (adjective) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand | - |
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(adverb) only a very short time before | Synonyms: barely, hardly, just, scarcely |
(adverb) almost not | Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarcely |
source | (noun) a facility where something is available | - |
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(noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: germ, seed |
(noun) a document (or organization) from which information is obtained | - |
(noun) a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | Synonyms: reference |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage |
(noun) anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | Synonyms: reservoir |
(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, generator |
(noun) a person who supplies information | Synonyms: informant |
(noun) (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system | - |
(verb) specify the origin of | - |
(verb) get (a product) from another country or business | - |
telecommerce | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telemarketing, teleselling |
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terce | (noun) the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | Synonyms: tierce |
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tierce | (noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole | Synonyms: one-third, third |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
(noun) the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | Synonyms: terce |
tragifarce | (noun) an extreme form of tragicomedy. | - |
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workforce | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, manpower, men, work force |
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