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Definition: Force Back |
Force BackVerb1. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Force BackSynonyms: beat back (v), drive (v), push back (v), repel (v), repulse (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: attract (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Force Back |
| English words defined with "force back": Restem. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "force back"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | zadržet (check, hold back, keep, keep back, retain, stop, tie up, withhold), spolknout (digest, gulp, stomach, swallow, swallow up), odrazit (beat, beat off, fend, fend off, fight off, hold off, intercept, push off, rebut, repel, repulse, return, ricochet, shove off, strike back, throw back, ward off). (various references) | |
Finnish | työntää takaisin (repel), tunkea takaisin. (various references) | |
German | zurückdrängen (move back, push back, repress). (various references) | |
Hungarian | visszakényszerít (to force back), visszafojtja könnyeit (to force back one's tears). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 押し"す (to force back, to jostle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おしかえす (to force back, to jostle). (various references) | |
Manx | imman er ash (drive back). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orcefay ackbay.(various references) | |
Romanian | respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out). (various references) | |
Swedish | tränga tillbaka, hålla tillbaka (bate, check, hold back, keep down, rein in, restrain). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стримати. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-f-k-o-r" | |
-3 letters: backer, cocker, recock. | |
-4 letters: acerb, acock, afore, baker, bocce, brace, brake, break, brock, broke, caber, carbo, carob, cobra, crack, crake, creak, croak, crock, facer, faker, farce, force, freak, frock, kebar, ocker, ocrea. | |
-5 letters: acre, aero, arco, back, bake, bare, barf, bark, beak, bear, beck, boar, bock, bora, bore, brae, cafe, cake, carb, care. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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