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Noun
S: (n) force (a powerful effect or influence) "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
S: (n) force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity) "force equals mass times acceleration"
S: (n) force, forcefulness, strength (physical energy or intensity) "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
S: (n) force, personnel (group of people willing to obey orders) "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
S: (n) trip wire (a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces)
S: (n) command (a military unit or region under the control of a single officer)
S: (n) Air Combat Command, ACC (a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft)
S: (n) Air Force Space Command, AFSPC (a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations)
S: (n) enemy (an opposing military force) "the enemy attacked at dawn"
S: (n) task force (a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective)
S: (n) company (small military unit; usually two or three platoons)
S: (n) trainband (a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century)
S: (n) platoon (a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant)
S: (n) National Guard, home reserve (United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either)
S: (n) Air National Guard, ANG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies)
S: (n) Army National Guard, ARNG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies)
S: (n) Territorial Army (British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain)
S: (n) legion (a large military unit) "the French Foreign Legion"
S: (n) foreign legion (a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state)
S: (n) French Foreign Legion (a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France)
S: (n) Republican Guard (formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad)
S: (n) Haganah (the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force)
S: (n) militia, reserves (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)
S: (n) SA, Sturmabteilung, Storm Troops (Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943)
S: (n) trainband (a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century)
S: (n) commando (an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory)
S: (n) Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Mat'kal, sayeret (Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions)
S: (n) Special Air Service, SAS (a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups))
S: (n) contingent, detail (a temporary military unit) "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
S: (n) headquarters ((plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff)
S: (n) Allied Command Atlantic, ACLANT (a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council)
S: (n) Allied Command Europe, ACE (a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey)
S: (n) violence, force (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)) "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
S: (n) power, force (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority) "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
S: (n) force (a group of people having the power of effective action) "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
S: (n) effect, force ((of a law) having legal validity) "the law is still in effect"
S: (n) force out, force-out, force play, force (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) "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
Verb
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) impel, force (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
S: (v) push, force (move with force) "He pushed the table into a corner"
S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
S: (v) wedge, squeeze, force (squeeze like a wedge into a tight space) "I squeezed myself into the corner"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) force (do forcibly; exert force) "Don't force it!"
S: (v) storm, force (take by force) "Storm the fort"