| FORCE | • force n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence… • force n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. • force n. (Countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. |
| AMORCE | • amorce n. A hint about the future; an instance of foreshadowing. • amorce n. A percussion cap or detonator. • AMORCE n. (French) a percussion cap for a toy pistol. |
| AFFORCE | • afforce v. (Rare) To reinforce (A team etc.) with extra people. • AFFORCE v. to strengthen a jury by adding skilled people. |
| DEFORCE | • deforce v. (Law, transitive) To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a… • deforce v. (Law, Scotland) To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty. • DEFORCE v. to withhold by force. |
| DIVORCE | • divorce n. The legal dissolution of a marriage. • divorce n. A separation of connected things. • divorce n. (Zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals. |
| EFFORCE | • efforce v. (Obsolete, reflexive) To force oneself. • efforce v. (Obsolete, transitive) To force, force open; to acquire by force. • EFFORCE v. (obsolete) to force. |
| ENFORCE | • enforce v. To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force. • enforce v. To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize. • enforce v. (Obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (A castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc. |
| INFORCE | • inforce v. Obsolete spelling of enforce. • in␣force phr. With a substantial number of men capable of exerting force or of making a show of force. • in␣force phr. With a substantial display of resources. |
| PERFORCE | • perforce adv. (Archaic) By force. • perforce adv. Necessarily; by necessity. • perforce v. (Obsolete) To force; to compel. |
| RENFORCE | • RENFORCE v. to reinforce. |
| DOWNFORCE | • downforce n. Any force (produced by aerodynamics or gravity etc) that acts downwards. • DOWNFORCE n. an aerodynamically caused downward force in a car, which improves its roadholding. |
| LANDFORCE | • LANDFORCE n. a military force serving on land. |
| REDIVORCE | • redivorce n. A divorce that terminates a remarriage. • redivorce v. To divorce after a remarriage. • REDIVORCE v. to divorce again. |
| REENFORCE | • reenforce v. Alternative spelling of re-enforce. • reënforce v. Alternative form of re-enforce. • reënforce v. Alternative form of reinforce. |
| REINFORCE | • reinforce v. (Transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. • reinforce v. (Transitive) To emphasize or review. • reinforce v. (Transitive) To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus. |
| WORKFORCE | • workforce n. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project. • workforce n. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable. • work␣force n. Alternative form of workforce. |
| POSTDIVORCE | • postdivorce adj. After divorce. • POSTDIVORCE adj. following a divorce. |
| COUNTERFORCE | • counterforce n. A force that opposes another force. • counterforce adj. (Military) Targeting an opponent’s military assets, such as missile silos, rather than other valuable… • COUNTERFORCE n. an opposing force. |