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force
noun as in physical energy, power
Strong matches
arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, dynamism, enforcement, exaction, extortion, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, stress, stuff, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor
Weak matches
noun as in mental power, energy
Strongest matches
Strong matches
ability, bite, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, fierceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts, impressiveness, influence, intensity, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower
Weak match
noun as in military organization
verb as in obligate to do something
Strongest matches
cause, charge, compel, demand, drag, drive, impose, inflict, limit, make, move, oblige, order, press, pressure, require, restrict, urge
Strong matches
apply, bind, blackmail, burden, choke, coerce, command, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, draft, dragoon, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impress, insist, necessitate, obtrude, occasion, overcome, pressurize, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, wrest, wring
Weak matches
bear down, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, pin down, put screws to, put squeeze on
Example Sentences
But a few months later, the deputies union filed a labor complaint arguing that the county needed to bargain over the effects of the new ordinance before forcing deputies to comply with it.
Though it isn’t clear whether Trump could have ultimately forced a recess appointment or strong-armed the GOP Senate delegation into clearing Gaetz, it would have, as the nominee pointed out, been an increasingly costly endeavor.
The English National Opera has announced its first productions and plans for Manchester after being forced to relocate out of London.
It can only deal with crimes committed after 1 July 2002, when the Rome Statute - which established the court - came into force.
Despite a later reputation for mangling his words, Prescott's performance in the conference hall was an impassioned tour de force.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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