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Examples:not submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence—Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion—peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence—action at a distance (e.g. gravitational force)—besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops—cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)—lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force—exploit advantage to force sb to do one's bidding—many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength—tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force—(in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force—lit. a force smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force—impossible resist (idiom); an irresistible force—a turn-out in full force (of a gang of villains)—protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the Eight-power allied force intervention after the Boxer uprising—Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force—lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum the line of force)— |