Словарь синонимов английского языка - force

(n) 1. power, might, energy, strength, potency, vigour, intensity, violence, impact; dynamism, pressure: The force of the blow knocked me down. 2. coercion, pressure, constraint, duress, compulsion, arm-twisting: When persuasion failed, the guards resorted to force. 3. troops, soldiers, army: NATO forces are on manoeuvres. 4. weight, persuasiveness, persistence, cogency, effectiveness, efficacy, strength, validity, significance, value: The force of his argument was sufficient to convince us. 5. meaning, import, significance: Are they able to cope with the full force of the word 'God'? 6. in force. in effect, effective, in operation, operative, valid, binding, current: The ancient customs still remain in force. The law came into force at midnight. -(v) 7. make, oblige, require, compel, coerce, exact, consdrain, enforce, impel, intimidate, pressure or Brit also pressurize, press, dragoon, twist (someone's) arm, Colloq bulldoze, put the squeeze on (someone): Each of us was forced to dig his own grave. 8. push, drive, thrust, propel; prise or prize, break, wrench, crack, jemmy, ES pry: The tornado forced the chair through the wall. He forced open the safe and took the money. 9. exact, extort, extract, wrest, wring, drag: The CIA tried to force a confession from her.