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forcing

 
Verb force has 9 senses
  1. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
    --1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
    Derived forms: noun force5, noun force2
    Sample sentence:
    They force him to write the letter
  2. impel, force - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
    --2 is one way to cause, do, make
    Derived form: noun force5
    Sample sentence:
    They force him to write the letter
  3. push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
    --3 is one way to move, displace
    Derived form: noun force3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. force, thrust - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
    --4 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
    Derived forms: noun force5, noun force2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something on somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
  5. wedge, squeeze, force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
    --5 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  6. force, drive, ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
    --6 is one way to thrust
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  7. force - do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"
    --7 is one way to
    act, move
    Derived forms: noun force5, noun force3, noun force2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. pull, draw, force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
    --8 is one way to move, displace
    Derived form: noun force3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  9. storm, force - take by force; "Storm the fort"
    --9 is one way to penetrate, perforate
    Derived form: noun force6
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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