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force

noun as in military organization

verb as in use violence upon

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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.

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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.

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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 force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.

For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.

But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.

She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.

In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.

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On this page you'll find 477 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to force, such as: effort, strength, violence, arm, brunt, and clout.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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