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How to sign: a unit that is part of some military service
"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men";
Similiar / Same: military unit, military force, military group
Categories: social unit, unit
Within this category: air unit, armor, army unit, command, commando, contingent, echelon, enemy, Haganah, headquarters, home guard, Israeli Defense Force, legion, militia, mujahidin, naval unit, phalanx, Republican Guard, spearhead, task force, trip wire
How to sign: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
See also: rouse, displace, rout out, drive out, force out, force out
Similiar / Same: push
Within this category: drive, jam, jerk, jostle, muscle into, nose, nudge, press, push aside, push out, push up, repel, shove, thrust, thrust, topple
How to sign: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
"He squeezed her for information";
Similiar / Same: coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze
Categories: compel, obligate, oblige
Within this category: bludgeon, bring oneself, dragoon, drive, squeeze for, steamroller, terrorize, turn up the heat
How to sign: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
"I squeezed myself into the corner";
Similiar / Same: wedge, squeeze
Within this category: compress, impact
How to sign: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Similiar / Same: impel
How to sign: group of people willing to obey orders
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens";
Similiar / Same: personnel
Categories: organisation, organization
Within this category: guerrilla force, line personnel, management personnel, military, military personnel, military police, military service, paramilitary, patrol, police, rank and file, security force, staff, work force
