FORCE, FORCED
ADJECTIVES
1559 — AFFECTATE assumed unnaturally, forced, strain, stilted → obs.
1940 — HIGH-PRESSURE coerced, forced → sl.
ADVERBS
1508 — FORCELY with force or power, vigorously, vehemently, violently → obs. or Sc.
1581 — BY HEAD AND SHOULDERS by force, violently
1890 — NECK AND CROP headlong; with force → Eng. dial.
1895 — NECK AND HEELS headlong; with force → Eng. dial.
1898 — BINNER with much noise and force → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
..825 — NEED violence, force, constraint, or compulsion, exercised by or upon persons → obs.
1000 — STRONG HAND a using excessive force or strength to accomplish something; coercion
1200 — AFEL strength, physical force → obs.
1250 — MUND power, strength; force; also, excellence, value, importance, dignity → obs.
1297 — MASTERY superior force or power → obs.
1300 — MAISTRICE mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat → chiefly Sc. obs.
1300 — STRENGH force, violence → obs.
1305 — RANDOM impetuosity, great speed, force, or violence in riding, running, striking, etc. → obs.
1375 — PUISSANCE power, might, or force; influence → literary usage
1477 — RADEUR — RADOUR rapidity, impetus, force → obs.
1560 — SINEW strength, energy, force; usually in the plural
1644 — SMARTNESS vigour, force; speed, briskness; liveliness, activity, alertness
1738 — VIR → VIRR vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity → Sc.
1742 — FARRACH — FEEROCH — FEIROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy → Sc.
1873 — PANG strength, vigour, energy, force → Sc.
1879 — MUSCLE force, violence, coercion; the threat of physical violence used as a means of obtaining submission or cooperation → sl., orig. US
1898 — BANKSTERSHIP force, violence → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BELLUM a blast, as of wind; force, impetus → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — BIG STICK a display of force → US
1911 — BIR — BIRR force, impetus, energy; violence; passion → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOOSE force, energy → Sc. (Bk.)
1968 — ZAP vitality, force → US sl.
1974 — PUNCH force; meaning; pungency → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1300 — AFFORCE to apply force; to force, compel → obs.
1300 — RAMPEN to force, to ram → obs.
1375 — BEFORCE to force, to ravish → obs.
1382 — OPPRESS to force, to violate, to ravish → obs.
1384 — DEAD to lose vitality, force, or vigour; to become numb; to lose heat or glow → obs.
1470 — TAR AND TIG — TIG AND TAR to act forcefully or wantonly; to use force and violence → Sc. obs.
1546 — DRIVE TO THE WALL to force into an awkward situation
1568 — YARK to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk, to wrench; to force → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1586 — DEAD to deprive of force or vigour → obs.
1596 — EFFORCE to force open, to gain by force, to compel
1625 — GET HEAD to gain force or power; to attain to vigour
1637 — RANFORCE to force, to break open → obs.
1734 — BREAK A BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL to use unnecessary force in destroying something fragile
1789 — SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space → Amer. dial.
1789 — SCROUGE — SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space → Amer. dial.
1811 — YERK → YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1828 — PUSH TO THE WALL to force into an awkward situation
1836 — NEEDCESSITATE to force, to necessitate → Sc. obs.
1871 — SHANGHAI to force a person, esp. by underhand or unscrupulous means, to join a ship which is lacking a full crew → nautical sl., orig. US
1892 — GARSE to force, to compel → Sc.
..L19 — BULLDOSE — BULLDOZE to intimidate, to coerce, to force through violence → sl.
..L19 — RAILROAD to force or speed up an action without due process, in disregard of regular or accepted procedures, or without the consent of others concerned; to force one’s opinion or schemes upon others → Amer. sl.
1904 — SCRIG to force; to squeeze out → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAM AT to use force; to do anything with vigour → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RANT to unduly and forcibly handle a female → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YOIK to force; to prise open → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 — SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one’s way; to crowd over → Amer. dial.
1910 — FORCE DOWN SOMEONE’S THROAT to force someone to agree to or accept → colloq.
1912 — STEAMROLLER to dominate and crush; to achieve by sheer force → US sl.
1952 — RAMROD to force, deceive, or overpersuade one into doing something → Amer. dial.
1953 — PISSANT to move a heavy object by brute force → Amer. dial.
1953 — SCROUNGE to force or squeeze one’s way into a small space; to encroach on → Amer. dial.
1970 — BOGART to force one’s way or take more than one’s share → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1981 — BULLOCK to force → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1990 — BREAK THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL to use unnecessary force in destroying something fragile
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