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| Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
| 1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
| 2 | 29% | 11 | The use of power or compulsion | |
| 3 | 23% | 6 | Compulsion; coercion | |
Power Compulsion Crossword Clue
There is 1 exact and 138 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
FORCE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
FORCE
Updated: October 13, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "FORCE" 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 used force to subdue the suspect."
- • "She applied force to the door, but it wouldn't open."
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| The Guardian Quick24 Feb 2003 | Down 6 | |
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