Force
//fɔːs//
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The word "force" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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Ampère's force law Casimir force Lorentz force Planck force Trump Force One United States Space Force accelerating force action-forcing antiforce atomic force microscope atomic force microscopy behavioral force biteforce blue force brakeforce brute-force by force of color force colour force come into force coming into force constructive force counterforce cyberforce downforce driving force electromagnetic force electromotive force electrostatic force enforce field of force force diagram force down someone's throat force feed force field force in force justified force majeure force multiplier force of habit force of nature force of will force one's way force out force pair force play force pump force quit force someone's back to the wall force someone's hand force the pace force the voucher force to be reckoned with force-feed force-field force-out force-put force-ripe forcefall forcefeed forceful forceless forcely forcemeat forcement forceness forceout forceplate forceshield forcewide forcible forcite four-force g force general of the air force gravitational force ground mobile force in force in full force interforce intermolecular force job force jobforce kilogram-force labor force labour force life force life-force line of force love cannot be forced magnetomotive force masticatory force may the force be with you microforce moment of force net force normal force nuclear force overforce pinch force pound-force pressure gradient force pseudo force pseudo-force quadriforce reconnaissance in force red force reduction in force sales force salesforce semiforce space force spaceforce strike force strikeforce strong force strong nuclear force superforce support force task-force tidal force toon force triforce unforce upforce van der Waals force vital force weak force weak nuclear force will-force work force workforce
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Coriolis force Coulomb force London dispersion force air force armed forces breakout force brute force centrifugal force centripetal force conservative force fictitious force fifth force fundamental force g-force gale force land force market force police force restoring force spent force task force tractive force wind force workforce
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accelerate acceleration action air applied apply apply momentum armed army attack break break in brutal brutal sometimes brutal strength brute brute strength cascade cause cgs change coerce compulsion constrain control delta delta something direction distance do dynamic dynamic power dyne effect electricity energy energy applied exert exert pressure exerted extreme extreme power falls field fields gravity gravity magnetism happen imperial impulse law light light sabers luke luke use magic magnetic magnetic strength magnetism make make do make happen mass mass acceleration may metaphysical metric might military momentum moving moving things newton newton law person physical physical effect physical quantity physical strength physics physics impulse physics term power pressure pressure exerted prosody pull pulling pulling you push push pull push with pushing quantity rape requiring requiring to riots sabers science severe severe action si sky sky walker sometimes star star wars strength strength might strong strong interaction strong luke strong within taken taken by term the thing time trick twist ubiquitous unlawful use utterance validity violate violence walker wars waterfall weight with you within
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