Fighting Men On The Churchs Side Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "FORCES" which means:

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

An example sentence would be:

• • "The police forces are searching for the missing child."
• • "The military forces conducted a training exercise."

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