(n): a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
(n): (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
(n): a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
(n): physical energy or intensity
(n): high level or degree; the property of being intense
(n): group of people willing to obey orders
(n): a group of people who work together
(n): a unit that is part of some military service
(n): an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
(n): an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
(n): violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
(n): one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
(n): any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
(n): a group of people having the power of effective action
(n): people sharing some social relation
(n): (of a law) having legal validity
(n): the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
(n): 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
(n): an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
(v): to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
(v): force somebody to do something
(v): urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
(v): give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
(v): move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
(v): force somebody to do something
(v): squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
(v): push forcefully
(v): cause to move by pulling
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): do forcibly; exert force
(v): perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
(v): take by force
(v): pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
