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Synonyms for Force (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority):
power

WordNet sense 2 (group of people willing to obey orders):
personnel

WordNet sense 3 (a unit that is part of some military service):
military unit, military force, military group

WordNet sense 4 (physical energy or intensity):
forcefulness, strength

WordNet sense 5 ((of a law) having legal validity):
effect

WordNet sense 6 (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :):
coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze

WordNet sense 7 (move with force):
push

WordNet sense 8 (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate):
impel

WordNet sense 9 (take by force):
storm

WordNet sense 10 (squeeze like a wedge into a tight space):
wedge

WordNet sense 11 (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically):
drive, ram

WordNet sense 12 (cause to move by pulling):
draw, pull

WordNet sense 13 (impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably):
thrust

WordNet sense 14 (a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base):
force out, force play, force-out


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