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All force synonyms

force
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verb force

  • urge β€” to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • move β€” to pass from one place or position to another.
  • oblige β€” to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
  • require β€” to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • impose β€” to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • compel β€” If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • restrict β€” to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
  • pressure β€” the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  • drag β€” drag and drop
  • limit β€” the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • inflict β€” to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
  • demand β€” If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • cause β€” a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • order β€” an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • make β€” to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • push β€” to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • violate β€” to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
  • wrest β€” to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
  • necessitate β€” to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
  • insist β€” to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
  • coerce β€” If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
  • apply β€” If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
  • fix β€” to repair; mend.
  • constrain β€” To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
  • draft β€” a drawing, sketch, or design.
  • overcome β€” to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
  • impress β€” to press or force into public service, as sailors.
  • blackmail β€” Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
  • burden β€” If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
  • wring β€” to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
  • bind β€” If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • choke β€” When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
  • contract β€” A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
  • impel β€” to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • obtrude β€” to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • occasion β€” a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • strong-arm β€” using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
  • sandbag β€” a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
  • pressurize β€” to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
  • conscript β€” A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
  • dragoon β€” (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
  • concuss β€” to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
  • shotgun β€” a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • defile β€” To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  • blast β€” A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
  • propel β€” to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
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