compelling force

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• force majeure —   n. greater force ; compelling force; unavoidable circumstances …   Dictionary of difficult words

• force — n 1 *power, energy, strength, might, puissance Analogous words: *stress, strain, pressure, tension: *speed, velocity, momentum, impetus, headway 2 Force, violence, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint denote the exercise or the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Compelling — Compel Com*pel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compelling}.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See {Pulse}.] 1. To drive or urge with force, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• force — The impetus of power; physical power or strength exerted against a person or thing. 5 Am J2d Arr § 80; 6 Am J2d Asslt & B §§ 5, 39. Not necessarily confined to a physical manifestation; there may be an exertion of force through the practice of a… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• force — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compulsion, coercion; strength, brawn, power, might; meaning, import, effect; troops, soldiery, army (see combatant). See vigor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Physical power] Syn. strength, energy, might;… …   English dictionary for students

• compelling — com pel·ling || lɪŋ adj. convincing, persuasive; binding, constraining; urgent, pressing com·pel || kÉ™m pel v. force, coerce, influence …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident — The two Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident, published in 1994/5 and 1997, form the basis for much of the skeptical explanation for the 1947 incident, the purported recovery of aliens and their craft from the vicinity of Roswell, New… …   Wikipedia

• List of Ben 10: Alien Force episodes — This is a list of episodes in the American animated television series Ben 10: Alien Force. A total of 46 episodes have been produced and aired. [1] At the 2008 Comic Con, series producers revealed the show was picked up for a third season. The… …   Wikipedia

• compel — 01. The single mother was [compelled] to take on a second part time job in order to feed her family. 02. The government has introduced legislation to [compel] public buildings to spend a certain amount of their budget on art. 03. I felt… …   Grammatical examples in English

• pressure — pres•sure [[t]ˈprɛʃ ər[/t]] n. v. sured, sur•ing 1) the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it 2) phs Physics. force per unit area Symbol: P II, 3), b) 3) the state of being pressed or compressed 4)… …   From formal English to slang