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forced
Verb
  • simple past tense and past participle of force
Adjective
  • Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
  • Opened or accessed using force.
force
Noun
  • Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
  • Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
  • Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing. countable
  • A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn) countable, physics
  • Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
  • A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain. countable
  • The ability to attack, control, or constrain. uncountable
  • A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person. countable
  • Legal validity. law
  • Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion. law
  • Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning. linguistics, semantics, pragmatics
  • A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star Wars galaxy created by George Lucas. science fiction
Verb
  • To violate (a woman); to rape. [from 14thc.] transitive
  • To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. [from 14thc.] obsolete, reflexive, intransitive
  • To compel (someone or something) to do something. [from 15thc.] transitive
  • To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of. [from 16thc.] transitive
  • To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb). [from 16thc.] transitive
  • To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force. [from 16thc.] transitive
  • To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.). [from 17thc.] transitive
  • To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
  • To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground. transitive, baseball
  • To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold. whist
  • To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. archaic
  • To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. archaic
  • To allow the force of; to value; to care for. obsolete
Noun
  • A waterfall or cascade. countable, Northern England
Verb
  • To stuff; to lard; to farce.