force

  • 71force — Power, violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing. Landry v. Daley, D.C.I11., 280 F.Supp. 938, 954. Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 72Force Z — Die Force Z (dt. etwa Kampfverband Z) war ein aus sechs britischen Kriegsschiffen bestehender Marineverband, der kurz vor Beginn des Pazifikkrieges im Zweiten Weltkrieg am 27. Oktober 1941 unter der Führung von Admiral Sir Tom Phillips… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 73force — The impetus of power; physical power or strength exerted against a person or thing. 5 Am J2d Arr § 80; 6 Am J2d Asslt & B §§ 5, 39. Not necessarily confined to a physical manifestation; there may be an exertion of force through the practice of a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 74force — 01. The owners of the movie theater chain are trying to [force] their employees to take a cut in salary. 02. Heather s parents tried to [force] her to break up with her boyfriend because they don t like him. 03. She was [forced] to withdraw from… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 75force — force1 noun 1》 physical strength or energy as an attribute of action or movement.     ↘Physics an influence tending to change the motion of a body or produce motion or stress in a stationary body. 2》 coercion backed by the use or threat of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 76force — [1] A push or a pull that causes objects to change their motion. [2] It is a vector quantity, with a particular direction and forces must be combined with special vector rules. [3] In the SI (international system of units), it is measured in… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 77force — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, abuse, actuate, acuteness, administer, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, affective meaning, aggression, aggressiveness, ambitiousness, amount, amperage, amplitude, animality, animate, apply, arm, armed… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 78Force K — Die Force K war eine britische Task Force während des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Sie wurde im Jahr 1941 gebildet und operierte von Malta aus. Ihre Hauptaufgabe war die Unterbindung des Nachschubs für die italienischen und deutschen Streitkräfte in… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 79force — {{11}}force (n.) c.1300, physical strength, from O.Fr. force (12c.) force, strength, courage, fortitude; violence, power, compulsion, from V.L. *fortia (Cf. Sp. fuerza, It. forza), noun use of neut. pl. of L. fortis strong (see FORT (Cf. fort)).… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 80force — nf., puissance ; contrainte, coercition, pouvoir de contraindre ; vertu : FEÛRSA (Albanais, Annecy.003, Gruffy), fore (Aussois), forsa (Chambéry, Morzine.081), fourche (Aix, Arvillard.228, Megève.201), foursa (Aillon J., Aillon V.,… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard