strength or energy exerted or brought to bear; active power

moral or mental strength, or somebody showing this

capacity to persuade or convince

legal validity; operative effect

a body, e.g. of troops or ships, assigned to a military purpose

(in pl) the armed services of a nation or commander

a body of people or things fulfilling some function

labour force

a labour force

(often the Force) = police¹ (1)

an agency that if applied to a free body results chiefly in an acceleration of the body and sometimes in elastic deformation and other effects

an agency or influence analogous to a physical force

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one — Bertrand Russell

(also + through) to press, drive, or effect (something) against resistance or inertia

to impose or thrust (oneself, etc) on somebody or something

to capture or penetrate (a place) by force

to break open or through (a lock, door, etc)

to raise or accelerate (e.g. speed) to the utmost

to produce (e.g. a laugh) only with unnatural or unwilling effort

to strain (e.g. one's voice) by excessive effort

to hasten the growth, onset of maturity, or rate of progress of