| 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 |
| forced | (adjective) produced by or subjected to forcing | - |
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| (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: constrained, strained |
| (adjective) forced or compelled | - |
| (adjective) made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency | - |
| forceful | (adjective) characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) | - |
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| (adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: emphatic |
| forcefully | (adverb) with full force | - |
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| forcefulness | (noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: force, strength |
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| forceless | (adjective) lacking force; feeble | Synonyms: unforceful |
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| forcemeat | (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: farce |
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| forceps | (noun) an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) | - |
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| forcible | (adjective) impelled by physical force especially against resistance | Synonyms: physical, strong-arm |
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| forcibly | (adverb) in a forcible manner | - |
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| forcipate | (adjective) shaped like a forceps; deeply forked | - |
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