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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, constrain,
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, US 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.
forced adj. artificial, unnatural, contrived, stilted, calculated,
studied, laboured, strained, stiff, false, feigned, fake(d),
mannered, affected, self-conscious, Colloq phoney or US also
phony: Her forced joviality failed to conceal her contempt for
those present.
forceful adj. 1 vigorous, energetic, compelling, dynamic, intense,
potent, strong, mighty, powerful, aggressive, weighty,
effective, convincing, persuasive: The colonel was known as a
forceful leader of men. 2 effective, efficacious, cogent,
logical, impressive, telling, convincing, persuasive, strong,
mighty, forcible, powerful, compelling, irresistible; pithy,
meaty: The most forceful arguments came from Catherine towards
the end of the discussion.
forcible adj. 1 See forceful, 2. 2 drastic, forceful, violent,
aggressive, coercive, severe, stringent: The plan involves the
forcible repatriation of refugees.
foreboding
n. 1 apprehension, apprehensiveness, feeling, sense, misgiving,
dread, suspicion, intuition, anxiety, fear: An atmosphere of
foreboding filled the crypt. 2 premonition, augury, prophecy,
prediction, prognostication, warning, foretoken, foreshadowing,