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noun • an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security | ||||||||
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adjective • (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms • having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination • (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns | ||||||||
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noun • a powerful effect or influence • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity • physical energy or intensity • group of people willing to obey orders • a unit that is part of some military service • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority • a group of people having the power of effective action • (of a law) having legal validity • a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base verb • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate • move with force • impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically • do forcibly; exert force • take by force | ||||||||
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| New York Times28 Nov 1982 | Down 64 | |
| New York Times18 Apr 1982 | Across 78 | |
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