• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
• physical energy or intensity
• group of people willing to obey orders
• a unit that is part of some military service
• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
• a group of people having the power of effective action
• (of a law) having legal validity
• 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
verb
• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• move with force
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
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