FORCES
/fɔːsɪz/
11
Scrabble
12
WWF
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Definition
/fɔːsɪz/
noun
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.“the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
verb
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
noun
- A waterfall or cascade.
verb
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
noun
- Troops (plural only).
- The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (nearly always used in plural form only).
noun
- (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.“He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia.”
Source: Wiktionary
