force

force
I
n.
compulsion
violence

1) to apply, resort to, use force

2) to renounce (the use of) force

3) armed; brute; deadly; moral; physical; spiritual force

military power

4) to marshal, muster, rally one's forces; to join forces with

5) armed, military; ground; naval forces (strong naval forces began to shell the enemy positions)

6) an air force

7) an expeditionary; guerrilla; occupation; peacekeeping; task force (a naval task force)

8) a show of force

organized body, group

9) a labor, work; police; sales force

10) in full force (the police were out in full force)

energy
power

11) to spend one's force (the storm has spent its force)

12) centrifugal; centripetal force

13) an explosive; irresistible; magnetic; motivating force

14) the vital force ('basic force')

effect

15) in force (the regulation is still in force)

II
v.

1) (d; tr.) to force into (they forced their way into the building)

2) (d; tr.) to force off (we were forced off the road)

3) (d; refl., tr.) to force on (she tried to force her views on us)

4) (d; tr.) to force through (to force one's way through a crowd)

5) (H) they forced her to sign

6) (N; used with an adjective) he forced the door open

* * *
[fɔːs]
brute
centripetal force
deadly
irresistible
magnetic
motivating force
peacekeeping
physical
rally one's forces
resort to
sales force
spiritual force
to join forces with
use force
task force (a naval task force)
naval forces (strong naval forces began to shell the enemy positions)
(H) they forced her to sign
(N; used with an adjective) he forced the door open
['compulsion'] ['violence'] to apply
['military power'] to marshal
['organized body, group'] a labor
a show of force
an air force
an expeditionary
an explosive
centrifugal
to renounce (the use of) force
the vital force ('basic force')
(d; refl., tr.) to force on (she tried to force her views on us)
in full force (the police were out in full force)
['effect'] in force (the regulation is still in force)
['energy'] ['power'] to spend one's force (the storm has spent its force)
(d;tr.) to force into (they force d their way into the building)
(d; tr.) to force through (to force one's way through a crowd)
(d; tr.) to force off (we were forced off the road)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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