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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

by force
  1. 1. 强迫地;用武力,用暴力

Examples

The government silenced the demonstrators by force.
政府以武力镇压了示威者。 silence
by brute force
凭蛮力 brute
你不要依仗你父亲的职权势力对百姓强取豪夺。
Don’t take the advantage of your father's authority and force to take things from common people by force. 强取豪夺
武装夺取政权
seize state power by armed force 夺取
与其强攻,何如智取。
It would be better to use strategy than to attack by force. 何如
强行架走
carry sb. away by force; kidnap
用武力兼并邻国领土
annex the territories of a neighbouring country by force 兼并
强取
take by force
威逼
threaten by force; coerce; intimidate
这种清洗喷嘴利用液体的反作用力驱动。
This cleaning spray head is driven by the counter-force of the liquid. 反作用力

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