force
力量,力,权力,力度
Related Words
Definitions
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- : physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- : strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence: to use force to open the window; to use force on a person.
- : strength; energy; power; intensity: a personality of great force.
- : power to influence, affect, or control; efficacious power: the force of circumstances; a force for law and order.
- : Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property.
- : persuasive power; power to convince: They felt the force of his arguments.
- : mental or moral strength: force of character.
- : might, as of a ruler or realm; strength for war.
- : Often forces. the military or fighting strength, especially of a nation.
- : any body of persons combined for joint action: a sales force.
- : intensity or strength of effect: the force of her acting.
- : Physics. an influence on a body or system, producing or tending to produce a change in movement or in shape or other effects.the intensity of such an influence. Symbol: F, f
Phrases
- force someone's hand
- force to be reckoned with
- brute force
- driving force
- in force
- join forces
- reckon with (force to be reckoned with)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Troye said she organized and participated in every meeting of the coronavirus task force, which her former boss chairs, between February and July.
Climate change has also been a force behind the latest wave of destructive wildfires on the West Coast.
Perhaps the presence of EMS workers could have saved Taylor’s life, as her attorneys say, but this would not have changed the fact that she was already the victim of excessive force the moment officers stormed in and started shooting.
Altogether, this means that water is hitting the ground with more force and the soil is unable to suck it up.
The president recently visited Wisconsin to highlight his support for law enforcement and to reinforce his message that he is best suited to tamp down violence — with force, if necessary.
Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.