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force
Synonyms and Antonyms of force
- The entire force of the shipyard will be needed to get this government order done on time.
- a cruel tyrant who disbanded the parliament and ruled by force
- got through the college board exams by sheer force of will
- Surely you were influenced by the force of his arguments?
- felt the full force of her denunciation of war as a morally acceptable option
- threatened to resort to force if he wouldn't listen to reason
coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, pressure
barbarity, brutality, savagery
damage, detriment, harm, hurt, impairment, injury
crippling, maiming, mayhem, mutilation
assault, attack, bashing, battering, battery, beating, belting, bludgeoning, buffeting, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, flogging, hammering, lacing, licking, mauling, paddling, pelting, pommeling (or pommelling), pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), smashing, socking, thrashing, thumping, tromping, walloping, whaling, whipping
frenzy, fury, onslaught, outbreak, outrage, paroxysm, rage, rampage, revolt, riot, rupture, shock, storm, terror, threat, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uproar
- The new police chief will most likely be someone from the force.
constabulary, heat [slang], police, police force
- the great debate during the Cold War was whether the nation's missile force was adequate
Synonym Discussion of force
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- the awesome power of flowing water
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- used enough force to push the door open
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- a worker with boundless energy
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- use weight training to build your strength
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- the belief that might makes right
force
Synonyms and Antonyms of force
- I had to force myself to get up this morning.
- They were forced to sell at a lower price.
twist one's arm
Synonym Discussion of force
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- forced to flee for their lives
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- compelled to admit my mistake
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- coerced into signing over the rights
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- constrained by conscience
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- felt obliged to go
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