Definition of force

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Force (n.) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

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Physics :: Physics (n.) The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy..
Elatery :: Elatery (n.) Acting force; elasticity.
Armament :: Armament (n.) A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
Kidnap :: Kidnap (v. t.) To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Violent :: Violent (a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
Aerodynamic :: Aerodynamic (a.) Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Sardonic :: Sardonic (a.) Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety..
Vigor :: Vigor (n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy..
Chance :: Chance (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified..
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..
War :: War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities..
Force :: Force (n.) A waterfall; a cascade.
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To force to journey.
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..
Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
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