Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sting | Yes | No | Yes | No |
force | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sting (noun) | force (noun) |
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | 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 |
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | physical energy or intensity |
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | a powerful effect or influence |
a mental pain or distress | (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 |
sting (verb) | force (verb) |
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saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
deliver a sting to | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically |
cause a stinging pain | take by force |
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | 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 |