force
US /fɔrs, fors/
・UK /fɔ:s/
A1
noun
- Group of persons trained for military action; army
- Pressure; attraction
- The use of physical strength/violence to persuade
verb
- To use physical strength or violence to persuade
Examples
Our shop took the full force of the bomb blast. I felt the full force of her criticism.
a token force of only 300 men