Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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patrol | Yes | No | Yes | No |
force | Yes | No | Yes | No |
patrol (noun) | force (noun) |
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the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes | 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 |
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security | physical energy or intensity |
a powerful effect or influence | |
(of a law) having legal validity | |
group of people willing to obey orders | |
a unit that is part of some military service | |
a group of people having the power of effective action | |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
patrol (verb) | force (verb) |
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maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | 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 | |
take by force | |
do forcibly; exert force | |
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | |
move with force | |
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |