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1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 361 Soon as their rage subsides, the seas I brave With naked force [Gk. αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε νηχόμενος τόδε λαῖτμα διέτμαγον], and shoot along the wave, To reach this Isle.

1855 A. Potter Lect. Evid. Christianity 67 A system of thought or discipline might by authority, or tradition, or naked force, deeply affect the character of man, and yet be unable to retain him permanently in its grasp.

1897 Harper's Mag. Feb. 363/1 But the brief, tremendous duel in which soul grappled with soul in naked force, and in which the woman's won, had been glory enough.

1963 New Statesman 6 Dec. 847/2 According to the United States State Department, Fidel Castro uses naked force in Cuba.

a1994 W. Everson Integral Years in Poems 1966–94 (1999) II. 29 There is no truth to trust. That power they hold is subject to our lust; Their naked force subserves our fury for the dust.