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| Main Entry: |
conscription
 [kuhn-skrip-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | draft |
| Synonyms: | enrollment, induction |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example Sentences
- When conscription ends in a few days, the defense establishment will almost certainly shrink.
- On account of some slight stiffness of the muscles of the neck, he had probably escaped conscription.
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