force

a powerful effect or influence

“the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them”

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

“force equals mass times acceleration”

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”

group of people willing to obey orders

“a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”

a unit that is part of some military service

“he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men”

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”

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”

“They force him to write the letter”

urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

“They force him to write the letter”

move with force

“He pushed the table into a corner”

impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

“She forced her diet fads on him”

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

“I squeezed myself into the corner”

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

“She rammed her mind into focus”

“He drives me mad”