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Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
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the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
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Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
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Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
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A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
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Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
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A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
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police force
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The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
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show of force
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A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
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Legal validity.
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The law will come into force in January.
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Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
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Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
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(with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.