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The f____ is sometimes used to mean the police force.The force is sometimes used to mean the police force.
It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.
word force
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verb
If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example by threatening you.
The gunman forced a woman to drive him across the city, stopping to shoot at bystanders.
The royal family were forced to flee with their infant son.
I cannot force you in this. You must decide.
They were grabbed by three men who appeared to force them into a car.
If a situation or event forces you to do something, it makes it necessary for you to do something that you would not otherwise have done.
A back injury forced her to withdraw from the tournament.
He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive.
She finally was forced to the conclusion that she wouldn't get another paid job in her field.
If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to.
To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.
If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there.
They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.
If someone forces a lock, a door, or a window, they break the lock or fastening in order to get into a building without using a key .
That evening police forced the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts.
He tried to force the window open but it was jammed shut.
If you force a smile or a laugh, you manage to smile or laugh, but with an effort because you are unhappy .
Joe forced a smile, but underneath he was a little disturbed.
'Why don't you offer me a drink?' he asked, with a forced smile.
noun
If someone uses force to do something, or if it is done by force, strong and violent physical action is taken in order to achieve it.
The government decided against using force to break up the demonstrations.
...the guerrillas' efforts to seize power by force.
Force is the power or strength which something has.
The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings.
It looked as though the storm had an awful lot of force.
If you refer to someone or something as a force in a particular type of activity, you mean that they have a strong influence on it.
For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country.
The band are still as innovative a force in British music as they were when they started.
One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services.
The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has.
He changed our world through the force of his ideas.
Perhaps your force of argument might have made some difference.
You can use forces to refer to processes and events that do not appear to be caused by human beings, and are therefore difficult to understand or control.
...the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes.
The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions.
Is it really the Holy Spirit moving me, or is it some evil force?
In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else.
...the earth's gravitational force.
...protons and electrons trapped by magnetic forces in the Van Allen belts.
Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind.
The airlift was conducted in force ten winds.
Northerly winds will increase to force six by midday.
Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose.
...the deployment of American forces in the region.
The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three.
The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.
The force is sometimes used to mean the police force.
It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.
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