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force noun

  /fo(ː)ɹs/ , /foəs/ , /fɔɹs/ , /fɔːs/ , [fo̞ɹs]
  • Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
  • (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
  • (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
  • (legal) Legal validity.
 kracht
  • (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
 geweld, macht
  • (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
 macht, kracht
  • (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
 macht, troep
  • (countable) 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.
 truc

force verb

  /fo(ː)ɹs/ , /foəs/ , /fɔɹs/ , /fɔːs/ , [fo̞ɹs]
  • (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
 dwingen, afdwingen, forceren, overweldigen
  • (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
 dwingen, overweldigen
  • (transitive, baseball) 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.
 branden

forces

legermacht

forcefulness noun

  /ˈfɔː(ɹ)sfəlnəs/
  • The characteristic or quality of being forceful
 sterkte

forced adjective

  /fo(ː)ɹst/ , /foəst/ , /fɔɹst/ , /fɔːst/
  • Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
 geforceerd

forceful adjective

  /ˈfɔɹsfəl/
  • Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
 energisch
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