force [ fɔ:s] vt.强迫 n.力，力量
by force 凭借暴力；强迫地
in force (法律)有效的；大批地
put...in force 实施…；使…生效
come/go into force 生效，实施
in force 有效，实施中
come/go into force
生效，实施
in force
有效，实施中
force [fɔ:s] vt. 强迫,迫使
force [fɔ:s] v.力，强度
forced [fɔrst] a.强制的
不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force
不可抗力 force majeure
彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force
封杀出局 force out
缉私力量 the forces engaged in the fight against smuggling
解放生产力 emancipate the productive forces
快速反应部队 rapid response force
科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.
欺行霸市价格 forced quotation
日本右翼势力 right-wing forces in Japan
三个有利于 three favorables (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strenth of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards
三个代表 three represents theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)
威武之师,文明之师 mighty force and civilized force
to go (enter)into force 生效
to cease to be in effect/force 失效
填鸭式教学法 cramming/forced-feeding method of teaching
新增劳动力 incoming labor force
硬性分布法 forced distribution method
forced landing 迫降
customer organization of sales force 按客户组织销售队伍
functional organization of sales force 按销售职能组织销售队伍
geographical organization of sales force 按地区组织销售队伍
sales force estimates 销售人员估计
sales force size 销售队伍规模
sales force 销售队伍
付款颇为恶劣 to pay very badly; to never pay unless forced
下星期一以前未能清结本件款项, 不得已, 将委任我公司顾问律师处理。
We wish to state that if the account be not paid by Monday next, we shall be forced to place the matter in the hands o four solicitors.
Commandant, Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force
辅警总监
Civil Force 公民力量
"Commander, People's Liberation Army Military Force in Hong Kong Special Administration Region" 中国解放军驻香港特别行政区部队司令员
People's Liberation Army Military Force in Hong Kong Special Administration Region 中国解放军驻香港特别行政区部队
From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that, although extra studies indeed enjoy many obvious advantages, its disadvantages shouldn't be ignored and far outweigh its advantages. It is absurd to force children to take extra studies after school.
通过以上讨论，我们可以得出结论：尽管额外学习的确有很多优点，但它的缺点不可忽视，且远大于它的优点。因此，放学后强迫孩子额外学习是不明智的。
Clamping force 夹持力，合模力
Ejection force 脱模力
军种战役学（含第二炮兵战役学） Armed Service Operation (including Operation of Strategic Missile Force)
Whether it would be beneficial to developing socialist productive forces 是否有利于发展社会主义生产力
Science and technology are the primary productive forces 科学技术是第一生产力
cheap labour force 廉价劳动力
labour force 劳动力
legal force 法律效力
一级往复惯性力
reciprocating inertia force,1st order
二级往复贯性力
reciprocating inertia force, 2nd order
离心惯性力
centrifugal inertia force
强制循环式化冷系统
forced-feed water circulation system
强制风冷
forced-air cooling
压力润滑法
forced lubrication
强制排气
forced exhaust
主要力
principal force
主要力方向
direction of principal force(PDOF)
强制换档
forced shift
Evolution is not the force but a process, not a cause but a law.
进化不是动力而是过程，不是原因而是法则。
We must focus on our sales force as the chief means of improving trade.
作为促进贸易的主要手段，我们必须加强我们的销售队伍。
If you threaten me or use any force, I shall inform the police.
如果你威胁我，或动武的话，我就报警。
For two months the city was surrounded by enemy forces, and no supplies could be brought in.
这座城市被敌人围困了两个月，任何供应都不能送进城。
It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind their actions.
重要的是要懂得在这些措施的后面，经济和政治的力量所起的强大作用。
The failing of the project forced us to conclude that we had overestimated his abilities.
项目的失败使我们得出结论：我们过高估计了他的能力。
Using a gun to force people to do something is a crime.
用枪强迫别人做事是犯法的。
I thought their laughter was rather forced.
我认为他们的笑相当勉强。
The airplane had to make a forced landing because two of the engines were on fire.
由于有两个引擎着火，飞机只好迫降。
This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to encourage demand.
这迫使航空公司为鼓励需求而对票价大打折扣。
The submarine of the allied forces launched a torpedo at the enemy ship before it was detected.
盟军的潜艇在被发现之前，向敌方军舰发射了一颗鱼雷。
He is at least content that there will be no immediate use of force.
让他满意的是，至少不用马上动武。
The rebellion was crushed by the government forces.
政府军队已把叛乱镇压下去。
We do not readily plunge into battle with such powerful forces.
我们不会贸然和这么强大的军队开战。
The damage was caused by external forces. 损害是由外力引起的。
If we take the age-and sex-specific unemployment rates that existed in 1956 (when the overall unemployment rate was 4.1 percent) and weight them by the age- and sex-specific shares of the labor force that prevail currently, the overall unemployment rate becomes 5 percent.
如果我们将1956年（当时的平均失业率为4、1％）的年龄和性别失业率分来用今天一般的劳动力中年龄性别比来计算的话，平均失业率就是5％了。
It seems simple enough to distinguish between the organism and the surrounding environment and to separate forces acting on an organism into those that are internal and biological and those that are external and environmental.
区分周围的环境或者有机物体，以及分辨作用于有机物的影响力是生物内部的还是来自于外部环境的，看起来非常简单。
If we look at man as an animal and try to analyze the environmental forces that are acting on the organism, we find that we have to deal with things like climate, soil, plants, and such like factors common to all biological situations; but we also find, always, very important environmental influences that we can only class as “cultural”, which modify the physical and biological factors.
如果我们将人类看作动物来尝试解释作用在有机物上的环境影响力的话，我们不得不处理像气候，土壤，植物和一些对于所有生物环境来说共同的因素，但我们也发现，“文化”的影响也非常重大，它可以改变物理和生物因素。
His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.
他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。
The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.
警察不得不使用武力驱散人群。
The enemy was forced to retreat.
敌人被迫撤退。
The rider forced his horse on through the storm.
骑士迫使他的马在暴风雨中前进。
The force of the explosion broke all the windows in the building.
爆炸的力量震碎了这座建筑上的所有窗户。
The force of the wind is measured on a standard scale of 0-12.
风力是按0-12级标准等级测量的。
Force can never destroy right.
暴力绝不能摧毁正义。
Love cannot be forced
爱情不强求。
The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.
滴水穿石不是由于使用强力所致，而是由于滴水频繁所成。
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep.
你可以迫人闭眼，但不能使他睡觉。
Coercive force 矫顽力
Lines of force 磁力线
Magnetic force 磁化力
Fame is very much like an animal chasing his own tail who, when he captures is , does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it, Fame and the exhilarating celebrity that accompanies it, force the famous person to anticipate in his own destruction.
Howards Melvin, Ameican essayist
声誉极像一只追逐自己尾巴的动物，抓住后除了继续追逐不舍之外，再也没有其它方法了。声誉和随之而来的令人兴奋的赞扬迫使出了名的人担心自己的毁灭。美国散文家麦尔文.H.
Our enemy has made us human and civilized by forcing us to suppress our narcissistic urges and desires for the good of all.
Howards Mel, American writer
我们的敌人迫使我们克制自己，不再自我陶醉于为所有的人谋幸福的冲动和愿望，使我们成为普通人，开化的人。
美国作家梅尔.H.
Great men are the guide posts and landmarks in the state;are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer
伟人是一国的路标与界石；是那些认识到精神力量大于任何物质力量，用思想统治世界的人。
美国拳击运动员埃利斯.J.
Force , and fraud , are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Thomas Hobbes, British philosopher
实力与计谋是战争的基本力量。
英国哲学家霍布斯.T.
Wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress--or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.
Dwight Eisenhower,Commander in chief of the Allied forces in the second World War
任何地方，一个民族只要知道自己迫切需要什么，那里就会出现希望的火花，出现进步的希望，换句话说，最后必定会燃起抗争的火焰。
第二次世界大战中盟军最高司令艾森豪威尔，D.
@@@ 产生, 生效
arise from 由...而引起, 由...而产生
bring forth 引起, 使产生; 生(孩子)
come/spring into being & come into existence 诞生; 形成
come into effect 开始生效, 开始实行
grow out of 产生自...
have an impact/effect on 对...产生影响/作用
put in force 实施...; 使...生效
put into effect 实行; 使生效
result from 因...而产生; 是...的结果
up : 增加，变强(to a state of greater activity, force, strength, power and degree.
mount up 增加
pick up 振作，加快
pluck up 振作
turn up 开打，开大, 出现
shake up 震惊
steam up 使发怒
stir up 激起，搅起
ease up 放松
warm up 兴奋
speak up 大声说
heat up 变热
total up 加总
tense up 紧张
gather up 收集
speed up 加速
screw up 振作
build up 增大
show up 显现
cheer up 振作起来
stir up 刺激
work up 激动，刺激
- 用在带"-en"后缀的动词后（used after the verbs with suffix of -en）
brighten up 发亮
fatten up 发胖
freshen up使新鲜
harden up变硬
sharpen up 变快
smarten up 变精明
strengthen up 加强
sweeten up 变甜
tighten up 使紧密
toughen up 使强壮
soften up 变软
down : 停止，减弱(to a state of less activity, force, strength and power)
close down 关闭
drop down 突然停止
break down 坏了，中止
run down 停止
settle down 平静下来
cool down 冷静下来
turn down 拒绝
die down 停止
lay down 失望
put down 镇压 4) 紧紧地，牢牢地(firmly, tightly)
fasten down 系牢
chain down 链住，栓住
clamp down 夹住
nail down 钉住
pin down 扣牢
hammer down 钉上
tie down 栓住
bind down 捆绑
draw down 停下来
in force 生效，有效；在实施中；大量的
This credit shall remain in force until 15th August 197 in China
本证到1977年8月15日为止在中国有效
This contract will come into force as soon as it is signed by two parties.
合同一经双方签定即生效。
暴力 force; violence
被迫的 constrained; forced; compelled
逼 compel; force
勒逼 coerce; force
强逼 compel; force
八国联军 [bā guó lián jūn] /the Eight Power Allied Force/
八级风 [bā jí fēng] /force 8 wind/fresh gale/
霸 [bà] /feudal chief/rule by force/tyrant/lord/master/hegemon/usurp/
霸道 [bà dào] /overbearing/high-handed/(of liquor, medicine, etc) strong/potent/(feudal) rule by force/
暴风 [bào fēng] /storm wind/storm (force 11 wind)/
暴力 [bào lì] /violence/(use) force/violent/
被迫 [bèi pò] /be compelled/be forced/
逼 [bī] /force/compel/drive/press for/extort/press on towards/press up to/close in on/close/
逼宫 [bī gōng] /force the king or emperor to abdicate/
逼迫 [bī pò] /force/compel/coerce/
逼上梁山 [bī shàng liáng shān] /be driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels/be driven to revolt/be forced to do something desperate/
避实就虚 [bì shí jiù xū] /stay clear of the enemy's main force and/strike at his weak points/
兵 [bīng] /soldiers/a force/an army/weapons/arms/military/warlike/
兵力 [bīng lì] /military strength/armed forces/troops/
兵马 [bīng mǎ] /troops and horses/military forces/
兵种 [bīng zhǒng] /(military) branch of the armed forces/
部队 [bù duì] /army/armed forces/troops/force/unit/
不可抗力 [bù kě kàng lì] /force majeure/
冲突 [chōng tú] /conflict/conflict/clash of opposing forces/contention/
冲 [chòng] /of great force/towards/
动力 [dòng lì] /power/motion/propulsion/force/
夺得 [duó dé] /(v) force one's way; achieve by force/
奋勇 [fèn yǒng] /(adv) using extreme force of will; without fear/
风力 [fēng lì] /wind-force/wind power/
共产党部队 [gòng chǎn dǎng bù duì] /communist forces/
国民党军队 [guó mín dǎng jūn duì] /nationalist forces/
海空军 [hǎi kōng jūn] /navy and air force/
精干 [jīng gàn] /crack (troops)/special (forces)/highly capable/
静态 [jìng tài] /state of not working/static (as in electrostatic force)/
军事力量 [jūn shì lì liang ] /military strength/military force(s)/
空防 [kōng fáng] /air force/air defense/
空军 [kōng jūn] /air force/
劳动力 [láo dòng lì] /labor force/manpower/
力 [lì] /power/force/strength/
力量 [lì liang ] /power/force/strength/
流亡 [liú wáng] /to (force into) exile/
陆海空三军 [lù hǎi kōng sān jūn] /army, navy, air force/
美军 [měi jūn] /US army/US armed forces/
勉强 [miǎn qiǎng] /manage (to do something) with difficulty/force somebody to do something/
迫 [pò] /to force/to compel/pressing/urgent/
迫使 [pò shǐ] /force (someone to do something)/
气势 [qì shì] /(n) look of great force or imposing manner/
强 [qiáng] /strength/force/power/powerful/better/
强加 [qiáng jiā] /impose by force/
强劲 [qiáng jìng] /powerful/with force/
强迫 [qiǎng pò] /compel/force/
软硬兼施 [ruǎn yìng jiān shī] /use both carrot and stick/use gentle methods and force/an iron hand in a velvet glove/
生机 [shēng jī] /(n) opportunity to life; reprieve from death/(n) life force; vitality/
生命 [shēng mìng] /life (force)/
特种部队 [tè zhǒng bù duì] /(military) special forces/
团结 [tuán jié] /(hold a) rally/join forces/
推动力 [tuī dòng lì] /driving force/
外力 [wài lì] /(n) external force; foreign pressure/
威风 [wēi fēng] /(n) impressive force; power/
维和部队 [wéi hé bù duì] /peace-keeping force/
武力 [wǔ lì] /(make use of) military force/military force/military power/military might/
武装 [wǔ zhuāng] /arms/equipment/to arm/military/armed (forces)/
武装部队 [wǔ zhuāng bù duì] /armed forces/
现行 [xiàn xíng] /be in effect/in force/
繇 [yáo] /folk-song/forced labor/
氤 [yīn] /generative forces/magic emanation/
引力 [yǐn lì] /gravitation (force)/attraction/
元帅 [yuán shuài] /a marshal (in the armed forces)/
栽 [zāi] /to force/to stick in/to plant/
只好 [zhǐ hǎo] /to have to/to be forced to/
主力 [zhǔ lì] /main force/main strength of an army/
Just three weeks before the Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life.
就在最高法庭对医助自杀进行裁决的前三周，全国科学学会公布了一份长达两卷的报告——临近死亡：完善临终护理。
It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of "ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying" as the twin problems of end-of-life care.
报告指出了医院临终关怀护理中存在的两个问题：对病痛处理不力和大胆使用“无效而强制性的医疗程序，这些程序可能会延长死亡期，甚至会让死亡期难堪”。
A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide — the division of the world into the info(information) rich and the info poor.
今天，人们十分关注所谓的是信息差异问题——世界上信息资源丰富的地区和信息资源贫乏的地区之间的差异；
And that divide does exist today.
这个差异确实存在，
My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago.
我和我妻子20年前就曾谈及这个临近的危险。
What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide.
然而，那时还不太明显的是一些抵制信息差异的、新的积极因素。
There are reasons to be optimistic.
实际上我们是完全有理由感到乐观的。
The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed.
世界正在经历一场前所未有的巨大的并购浪潮。
The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.
这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲，并以不可比拟的威力影响到正在崛起的国家。
Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying: "Won't the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti-competitive force?"
这些国家的许多人面对这个浪潮开始忧虑：“企业合并的浪潮会不会变成一股不可控制的反竞争的力量？”
I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers' demands.
我认为，推动这股巨大的并购浪潮的最主要的力量，也是推动全球化进程的力量，包括日趋下降的运输与通讯费用，较低的贸易与投资壁垒，以及市场的扩大和为满足市场需求而进行的扩大生产。
A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force.
一段长时间并且不费力而成功的历史可能成为一种可怕的不利因素，但若处理得当，这种不利因素也有可能转化为一种积极的推动力。
When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War, it had a market eight times larger than any competitor, giving its industries unparalleled economies of scale. Its scientists were the world's best, its workers the most skilled.
二战结束后，美国恰好进入了这样的一个辉煌时期，当时，它拥有比任何竞争者大8倍的市场，这使其工业经济具有前所未有的规模经济。美国的科学家是世上最优秀的，它的工人是最富于技术的。
Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams.
在重大技术所创造的东西中很少能像大型水坝这样让人痴迷的。
Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascination.
可能正是因为人类长期遭受旱涝灾害的摆布才使得人们治理江河、供我驱策的理想如此令人痴迷。
But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good.
但让人着迷有时也就使人盲目。有几个巨型大坝项目就有弊大于利的危险。
Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country's excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, "spatial" thinking about things technological.
在诸多形成因素中，我想特别指出这个国家优异的小学教育；欢迎新技术的劳动大军；对发明者进行奖励的做法；尤其是美国人在处理技术性事物所具有的非语言的空间思维才能。
When all these shaping forces — schools, open attitudes, the premium system, a genius for spatial thinking — interacted with one another on the rich US mainland, they produced that American characteristic emulation.
当所有这些成因——学校、开放的态度、奖赏制度及空间思维天赋在美国大陆上相互作用时，便造就了美国人的特点——竞争。
Today that word implies mere imitation. But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive striving for fame and excellence.
今天这个词仅表示“模仿”（取其仿效之意），而在早期美国，它却意味着为名誉和优秀而进行友好、竞争的拼搏。
Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.
广告给社会带来的物质利益比任何我所能想到的方式都多。
{adj: Sri Lankan, Ceylonese} of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
"Sri Lankan beaches"
"Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels"
{adj: Union, Federal} being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
"Union soldiers"
"Federal forces"
"a Federal infantryman"
{adj: acquired} gotten through environmental forces
"acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on"
{adj: active, combat-ready, fighting} engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
"on active duty"
"the platoon is combat-ready"
"review the fighting forces"
{adj: allegiant} steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government)
"it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces"
{adj: appressed, adpressed} pressed close to or lying flat against something
"adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"
"igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson
{adj: at bay, cornered, trapped, treed} forced to turn and face attackers
"a stag at bay"
"she had me cornered between the porch and her car"
"like a trapped animal"
{adj: attractive, magnetic} having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
"an attractive force"
"the knife hung on a magnetic board"
<-> repulsive
{adj: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign} (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"
"a sovereign state"
{adj: ballistic} relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
"ballistic missile"
{adj: beastly, bestial, brute, brutish} resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
"beastly desires"
"a bestial nature"
"brute force"
"a dull and brutish man"
"bestial treatment of prisoners"
{adj: benefic} exerting a favorable or beneficent influence
"a benefic star"
"a benefic force"
{adj: besieged} surrounded by hostile forces
"the besieged town"
{adj: big} marked by intense physical force
"a big wind"
{adj: black, dark, sinister} stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
"black deeds"
"a black lie"
"his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"
"Darth Vader of the dark side"
"a dark purpose"
"dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
"the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
{adj: blasting, ruinous} causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"
"the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"
"a ruinous war"
{adj: blown} (of glass) formed by forcing air into a molten ball
"blown glass"
{adj: blue} used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
"a ragged blue line"
{adj: bombproof, shellproof} able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
"bombproof shelter"
{adj: brainwashed} subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones
"brainwashed prisoners of war"
"captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers"
<-> unbrainwashed
{adj: called, named} given or having a specified name
"they called his name Jesus"
"forces...which Empedocles called `love' and `hate'"
"an actor named Harold Lloyd"
"a building in Cardiff named the Temple of Peace"
{adj: centrifugal} tending to move away from a center
"centrifugal force"
<-> centripetal
{adj: centripetal} tending to move toward a center
"centripetal force"
<-> centrifugal
{adj: checked, curbed} held back from some action especially by force
{adj: chemisorptive, chemosorptive} having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces
{adj: colossal, prodigious, stupendous} so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
"has a colossal nerve"
"a prodigious storm"
"a stupendous field of grass"
"stupendous demand"
{adj: compelling} driving or forcing
"compelling ambition"
{adj: constrained, forced, strained} lacking spontaneity; not natural
"a constrained smile"
"forced heartiness"
"a strained smile"
{adj: continuing} remaining in force or being carried on without letup
"the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"
"the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
{adj: counterbalanced, counterpoised} brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
{adj: dead, defunct} no longer in force or use; inactive
"a defunct (or dead) law"
"a defunct organization"
{adj: deadlocked, stalemated} at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
"the chess game ended with white stalemated"
"the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"
{adj: dead} no longer having force or relevance
"a dead issue"
{adj: dead} not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
"Mars is a dead planet"
"a dead battery"
"dead soil"
"dead coals"
"the fire is dead"
<-> live
{adj: defiant, noncompliant} boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
"brought up to be aggressive and defiant"
"a defiant attitude"
<-> compliant
{adj: desperate, heroic} showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
"the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall
"they took heroic measures to save his life"
{adj: despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked} having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
"the raped countryside"
{adj: die-cast} formed by forcing molten metal into a die
"a die-cast seal"
{adj: disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split} having been divided; having the unity destroyed
"Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
"a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White
"a fragmented coalition"
"a split group"
{adj: dissilient} bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels
{adj: driven, impelled} urged or forced to action through moral pressure
"felt impelled to take a stand against the issue"
{adj: driving, impulsive} having the power of driving or impelling
"a driving personal ambition"
"the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"
"an impulsive force"
{adj: dubious} not convinced
"they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"
{adj: dynamic, dynamical} characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
"a dynamic market"
"a dynamic speaker"
"the dynamic president of the firm"
<-> undynamic
{adj: easy, easygoing, leisurely} not hurried or forced
"an easy walk around the block"
"at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
{adj: effective, good, in effect, in force} exerting force or influence
"the law is effective immediately"
"a warranty good for two years"
"the law is already in effect (or in force)"
{adj: energizing, energising, kinetic} supplying motive force
"the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor
{adj: enforced, implemented} forced or compelled or put in force
"a life of enforced inactivity"
"enforced obedience"
<-> unenforced
{adj: equivocal} open to question
"aliens of equivocal loyalty"
"his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
{adj: evidential, evidentiary} serving as or based on evidence
"evidential signs of a forced entry"
"its evidentiary value"
{adj: expansive} able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
"Expansive materials"
"the expansive force of fire"
<-> unexpansive
{adj: expeditionary} (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad
"the French expeditionary force in Indochina"
{adj: explosive} serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
"an explosive device"
"explosive gas"
"explosive force"
"explosive violence"
"an explosive temper"
<-> nonexplosive
{adj: extrusive} of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface
<-> intrusive
{adj: factitious} not produced by natural forces
"brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
{adj: fallen} having dropped by the force of gravity
"fallen leaves covered the forest floor"
"sat on a fallen tree trunk"
{adj: feeble, lame} pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a feeble excuse"
"a lame argument"
{adj: forced, unexpected} made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
"a forced landing"
{adj: forced} forced or compelled
"promised to abolish forced labor"
{adj: forced} produced by or subjected to forcing
"forced-air heating"
"furnaces of the forced-convection type"
"forced convection in plasma generators"
{adj: forceful} characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
"a forceful speaker"
"a forceful personality"
"forceful measures"
"a forceful plan for peace"
<-> forceless
{adj: forceless, unforceful} lacking force; feeble
"a forceless argument"
<-> forceful
{adj: forcible, physical, strong-arm} impelled by physical force especially against resistance
"forcible entry"
"a real cop would get physical"
"strong-arm tactics"
{adj: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident} of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
{adj: friendly} of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
"in friendly territory"
"he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
<-> hostile
{adj: generative, productive} having the ability to produce or originate
"generative power"
"generative forces"
<-> consumptive
{adj: geological, geologic} of or relating to or based on geology
"geological formations"
"geologic forces"
{adj: grey, gray} used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
"a stalwart grey figure"
{adj: hard-hitting, trenchant} characterized by or full of force and vigor
"a hard-hitting expose"
"a trenchant argument"
{adj: heavy} of great intensity or power or force
"a heavy blow"
"the fighting was heavy"
"heavy seas"
<-> light
{adj: hostile} not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
"hostile naval and air forces"
<-> friendly
{adj: hydrokinetic} relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion
<-> hydrostatic
{adj: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding} attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
"read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"
"she had a warm mesmeric charm"
"the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"
"a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
{adj: impellent} forcing forward or onward; impelling
"an impellent power"
"an impellent cause"
{adj: impetuous} marked by violent force
"impetuous heaving waves"
{adj: inactive} not active physically or mentally
"illness forced him to live an inactive life"
"dreamy and inactive by nature"
<-> active
{adj: indwelling} existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle
"an indwelling divinity"
"an indwelling goodness"
{adj: inquisitorial} marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
"the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"
"a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank
{adj: intensive} tending to give force or emphasis
"an intensive adverb"
{adj: intermolecular} existing or acting between molecules
"intermolecular forces"
"intermolecular condensation"
{adj: intrusive} of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
<-> extrusive
{adj: invalidated, nullified} deprived of legal force
{adj: invalid} having no cogency or legal force
"invalid reasoning"
"an invalid driver's license"
<-> valid
{adj: irregular} (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
"irregular troops"
"irregular warfare"
<-> regular
{adj: irresistible, resistless} impossible to resist; overpowering
"irresistible (or resistless) impulses"
"what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
<-> resistible
{adj: isolated, quarantined} under forced isolation especially for health reasons
"a quarantined animal"
"isolated patients"
{adj: kinetic} relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith
"kinetic energy"
{adj: legal, sound, effectual} having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property"
{adj: light} of little intensity or power or force
"the light touch of her fingers"
"a light breeze"
<-> heavy
{adj: live} exerting force or containing energy
"live coals"
"tossed a live cigarette out the window"
"got a shock from a live wire"
"live ore is unmined ore"
"a live bomb"
"a live ball is one in play"
<-> dead
{adj: magnetic} of or relating to or caused by magnetism
"magnetic forces"
{adj: main} of force; of the greatest possible intensity
"by main strength"
{adj: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil} having or exerting a malignant influence
"malevolent stars"
"a malefic force"
{adj: martial} of or relating to the armed forces
"martial law"
{adj: mechanistic} explained in terms of physical forces
"a mechanistic universe"
{adj: metaphysical} without material form or substance
"metaphysical forces"
{adj: mighty} having or showing great strength or force or intensity
"struck a mighty blow"
"the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"
"the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton
{adj: mild} moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
"a mild winter storm"
"a mild fever"
"fortunately the pain was mild"
"a mild rebuke"
"mild criticism"
<-> intense
{adj: motive, motor} causing or able to cause motion
"a motive force"
"motive power"
"motor energy"
{adj: muscular} having or suggesting great physical power or force
"the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"
{adj: nonautonomous, nonsovereign} (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces
{adj: noncombatant} member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon
{adj: nonpersonal} lacking personality
"nonpersonal forces"
{adj: nuclear} of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
"nuclear physics"
"nuclear fission"
"nuclear forces"
{adj: null, void} lacking any legal or binding force
"null and void"
{adj: obsessed, possessed} influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
"by love possessed"
{adj: operative} being in force or having or exerting force
"operative regulations"
"the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
<-> inoperative
{adj: pacific, peaceable} disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
"the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"
"a quiet and peaceable person"
"in a peaceable and orderly manner"
{adj: peacekeeping} of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
"a peacekeeping force"
{adj: plundering} given to taking by force what is desired
{adj: potent, strong} having or wielding force or authority
"providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
{adj: powerful} having great power or force or potency or effect
"the most powerful government in western Europe"
"his powerful arms"
"a powerful bomb"
"the horse's powerful kick"
"powerful drugs"
"a powerful argument"
<-> powerless
{adj: projectile} impelling or impelled forward
"a projectile force"
"a projectile missile"
{adj: pugnacious, rough} ready and able to resort to force or violence
"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
"they were rough and determined fighting men"
{adj: pulled} drawn toward the source of the force
"this exercise must be done with the arms pulled back"
{adj: regular} (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
"the regular army"
<-> irregular
{adj: repulsive} possessing the ability to repel
"a repulsive force"
<-> attractive
{adj: sedentary} requiring sitting or little activity
"forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
{adj: self-propelled, self-propelling} moved forward by its own force or momentum
"a self-propelled egotist"
"the arms program is now self-propelled"
{adj: social, societal} relating to human society and its members
"social institutions"
"societal evolution"
"societal forces"
"social legislation"
{adj: stagnant, moribund} not growing or changing; without force or vitality
{adj: strenuous} characterized by or performed with much energy or force
"strenuous exercise"
{adj: subatomic} of or relating to constituents of the atom or forces within the atom
"subatomic particles"
"harnessing subatomic energy"
{adj: supernatural} not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
"supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"
<-> natural
{adj: taken} having possession gained especially by force or effort
<-> given
{adj: tangential} of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent
"tangential forces"
{adj: titanic} of great force or power
{adj: toothless} lacking necessary force for effectiveness
"a toothless piece of legislation"
{adj: torn} disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
"torn between love and hate"
"torn by conflicting loyalties"
"torn by religious dissensions"
{adj: torrential} resembling a torrent in force and abundance
"torrential applause"
"torrential abuse"
"the torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style"- Winthrop Sargeant
{adj: unappealing} not able to attract favorable attention
"they have made the place as unappealing as possible"
"was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"
<-> appealing
{adj: unbowed} not forced to bow down to a conqueror
{adj: uncoerced, unforced, willing} not brought about by coercion or force
"the confession was uncoerced"
{adj: unconvincing} not convincing
"unconvincing excuses"
"as unconvincing as a forced smile"
<-> convincing
{adj: undramatic} lacking dramatic force and quality
"moved with quiet force and undramatic bearing"
<-> dramatic
{adj: undue} not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances
"undue influence"
"I didn't want to show undue excitement"
"accused of using undue force"
<-> due
{adj: undynamic, adynamic} characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness
<-> dynamic
{adj: unforced, unstrained} not resulting from undue effort; not forced
"a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"
"his playing is facile and unstrained"
{adj: unopposed} not having opposition or an opponent
"unopposed military forces"
"the candidate was unopposed"
<-> opposed
{adj: unyielding} resistant to physical force or pressure
"an unyielding head support"
{adj: upstage} of the back half of a stage
"she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
<-> downstage
{adj: usurped} (used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force
"the usurped crown sat heavy on his head"
{adj: valid} well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
"a valid inference"
"a valid argument"
"a valid contract"
"a valid license"
<-> invalid
{adj: vehement} characterized by great force or energy
"vehement deluges of rain"
"vehement clapping"
"a vehement defense"
{adj: violent} acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
"a violent attack"
"a violent person"
"violent feelings"
"a violent rage"
"felt a violent dislike"
<-> nonviolent
{adj: violent} effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
"a violent death"
{adj: voluntary} of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled
"man is a voluntary agent"
"participation was voluntary"
"voluntary manslaughter"
"voluntary generosity in times of disaster"
"voluntary social workers"
"a voluntary confession"
<-> involuntary
{adj: waiting, ready and waiting} being and remaining ready and available for use
"waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"
"found her mother waiting for them"
"an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"
"military forces ready and waiting"
{adj: windy} resembling the wind in speed,force, or variability
"a windy dash home"
{adj: withdrawing} forced withdrawal
"pursued the withdrawing redcoats"
{adv: absolutely} totally and definitely; without question
"we are absolutely opposed to the idea"
"he forced himself to lie absolutely still"
"iron is absolutely necessary"
{adv: at a premium} of high value (usually because of scarcity) or above par value
"they were forced to buy it back at a premium"
{adv: forcefully} with full force
"we are seeing this film too late to feel its original impact forcefully"
{adv: gravitationally} with respect to gravitation
"gravitationally strong forces"
{adv: hard} with effort or force or vigor
"the team played hard"
"worked hard all day"
"pressed hard on the lever"
"hit the ball hard"
"slammed the door hard"
{adv: heavily} with great force
"she hit her arm heavily against the wall"
{adv: lightly, softly, gently} with little weight or force
"she kissed him lightly on the forehead"
{adv: perforce} by necessity; by force of circumstance
{adv: thinly} without force or sincere effort
"smiled thinly"
{adv: tooth and nail} with force and ferocity
"she fought tooth and nail"
{n: Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa} Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
{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
{n: Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR} an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms
{n: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL} a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces
{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
{n: Air Medal} a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight
{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
{n: Alamo} a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
{n: Ansar al Islam, Ansar al-Islam, Supporters of Islam} a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
{n: Armed Forces Day} the 3rd Saturday in May
{n: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, ASALA, Orly Group, 3rd October Organization} a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
"ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people"
{n: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR, Interahamwe} a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
{n: Atlas} (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
{n: Bataan, Corregidor} the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
{n: Battle of Puebla} a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862
{n: Beaufort scale, wind scale} an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
{n: Beaufort scale} a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind
{n: Buena Vista} a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
{n: Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run} either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
{n: Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill} the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
{n: Calixtus II, Guy of Burgundy} pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
{n: Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great} king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
{n: Caporetto, battle of Caporetto} battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
{n: Chancellorsville} a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
{n: Chapultepec} a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
{n: Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng} Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
{n: Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga} a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
{n: Chief Constable} the head of the police force in a county (or similar area)
{n: Clark cell, Clark standard cell} a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force
{n: Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark} United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)
{n: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay} United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
{n: Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran} United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
{n: Colorado Springs} a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
{n: Coriolis effect} (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
{n: Coriolis force} (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced
{n: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis} commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
{n: Coulomb's Law} a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles
{n: Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI} the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups
{n: Distinguished Flying Cross} a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
{n: Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle} United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
{n: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy} British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
{n: Dunkirk, Dunkerque} a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
{n: Edmund II, Edmund Ironside} king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)
{n: Europol, European Law Enforcement Organisation} police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces
{n: Ferdinand II} Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)
{n: Force 17} formed in 1972 as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders; became one of PLO's elite units; has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets
{n: Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces} a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
{n: Green Beret} a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces
{n: Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal} a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
{n: Gurkha} a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
{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 Israel defense force
{n: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris} British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
{n: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit} (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton
"a demon from the depths of the pit"
<-> Heaven
{n: Heller, Joseph Heller} United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
{n: Inchon} a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
{n: Irish National Liberation Army, INLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, Catholic Reaction Force} a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
{n: Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos} a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
{n: Israeli Defense Force, IDF} the ground and air and naval forces of Israel
{n: Jacob} (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
{n: Jerusalem Warriors} ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991
{n: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Chiefs} the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
{n: Kalashnikov culture} the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms
"the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan"
{n: Kami} one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
{n: Kennesaw Mountain} battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
{n: Kwajalein} an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
{n: Langside, battle of Langside} (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants
{n: Lautaro Youth Movement, Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement, Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces} a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
{n: Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand} a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
{n: Lord's Resistance Army} a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army
{n: Lorentz force} the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field
"the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"
{n: Loyalist Volunteer Force} a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace
{n: Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas} the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
{n: M-theory} (cosmology) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong
{n: MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur} United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
{n: Magenta, Battle of Magenta} a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
{n: Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart} queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
{n: Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud} Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001)
{n: Memorial Day, Decoration Day} legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
{n: Merrimac} an ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North
{n: Minden, battle of Minden} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
{n: Monitor} an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
{n: Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth} a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
{n: Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein} English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
{n: National Guard Bureau, NGB} the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
{n: Nazification} social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism
"as the process of Nazification spread they paid less attention to public opinion"
{n: Nicholas II} the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution; he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks (1868-1918)
{n: Order of the Purple Heart, Purple Heart} a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
{n: Palestine National Authority, Palestinian National Authority, Palestine Authority} combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
{n: Pascal's law, Pascal's law of fluid pressures} pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid
"the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law"
{n: Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing} United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)
{n: Pesh Merga} a Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan
{n: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign} the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
{n: Prajapati} god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma
{n: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, FARC} a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers
{n: Richard II} King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)
{n: Rossbach, battle of Rossbach} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
{n: Royal Air Force, RAF} the airforce of Great Britain
{n: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Mounties} the federal police force of Canada
{n: Rupert, Prince Rupert} English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
{n: Saipan} US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
{n: Schutzstaffel, SS} special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
{n: Scotland Yard, New Scotland Yard} the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
{n: Sisyphus} (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
{n: Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces} a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting
{n: Stalinization, Stalinisation} social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin
"many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country"
{n: Stilwell, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Uncle Joe} United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
{n: Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant} the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
{n: Svengali} someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
{n: Third Crusade} a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
{n: Tory} a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
{n: United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC} a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members
"the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year"
{n: United States Air Force Academy, US Air Force Academy} a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force
{n: United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF} the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space
{n: United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy} the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
{n: Uzi} a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel
"the Uzi is used throughout the world as a police and special forces firearm"
{n: Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo} the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
{n: Yukawa, Hideki Yukawa} Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
{n: abduction} the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
{n: act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty} a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
"he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
{n: aerodynamic force} forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)
{n: aerodynamic lift, lift} the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
{n: affinity, chemical attraction} the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
"basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"
{n: agent} a substance that exerts some force or effect
{n: air attache} a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force
{n: air force academy} an academy for training air force officers
{n: air force officer, commander} an officer in the airforce
{n: air force, airforce} the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
{n: air group} a unit of the United States Air Force larger than a squadron and smaller than a wing
{n: aircraftsman, aircraftman} a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
{n: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface} a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
{n: al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group} a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails
"al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
{n: ampere-turn} a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts
{n: amphibious landing} a military action of coordinated land and sea and air forces organized for an invasion
"MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines"
{n: amphibious operation} a military operation by both land and sea forces
{n: antagonism} the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
"the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
{n: anti-G suit, G suit} worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration
{n: armament} weaponry used by military or naval force
{n: armed forces censorship} military censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forces
{n: arms control} a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country
{n: army officer} an officer in the armed forces
"he's a retired army officer"
{n: army, regular army, ground forces} a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
{n: artesian well} a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward
{n: assignment, duty assignment} a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
"hazardous duty"
{n: astatic coils} an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field
{n: attenuation, fading} weakening in force or intensity
"attenuation in the volume of the sound"
{n: attraction, attractive force} the force by which one object attracts another
<-> repulsion
{n: aurora} an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
{n: backwater} a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
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