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1Forced — Forced, a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. [1913 Webster] {Forced draught}. See under {Draught}. {Forced… …
2Forced — Force Force, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forcing}.] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See {Force}, n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical,… …
3forced — forcedly /fawr sid lee, fohr /, adv. forcedness, n. /fawrst, fohrst/, adj. 1. enforced or compulsory: forced labor. 2. strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile. 3. subjected to force. 4. required by circumstances; emergency: a forced… …
4forced — adjective Date: circa 1537 1. compelled by force or necessity ; involuntary < a forced landing > 2. done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure < a forced laugh > • forcedly adverb …
5forced — adjective a) obtained forcefully, not naturally Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her. b) opened or accessed using force …
6Forced migration — (also called deracination originally a French word meaning uprooting) refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region. It often connotes violent coercion, and is used interchangeably with the terms… …
7Forced perspective — is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use …
8Forced suicide — is a method of execution where the victim is given the choice of committing suicide or facing an alternative they perceive as worse, such as suffering torture; having friends or family members imprisoned, tortured or killed; or losing honor,… …
9Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union — was considered by the Soviet Union to be part of German war reparations for the damage inflicted by Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union during World War II.Poland, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. also made heavy use of Germans as forced… …
10Forced induction — is a term used to describe internal combustion engines that are not naturally aspirated. Instead, a gas compressor is added to the air intake, thereby increasing the quantity of oxygen available for combustion. This compressed air is normally… …
