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Shuts with force Crossword Clue

Last seen in: The Washington Post · 2026-10-02

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(noun)

  1. 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
  2. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  3. (of a law) having legal validity
  4. physical energy or intensity
  5. a powerful effect or influence
  6. a unit that is part of some military service
  7. a group of people having the power of effective action
  8. group of people willing to obey orders
  9. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  10. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

(verb)

  1. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  2. do forcibly; exert force
  3. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  4. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  5. take by force
  6. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  7. move with force
  8. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

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    Shuts with force (5)

    The Washington Post · Oct 2, 2026

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