ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overforce

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌəʊvəfɔɹs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overforce is a noun meaning Excessive force; violence.

Meaning

Excessive force; violence.

Example Sentences

But fail'd with overforce, and whizz'd above his back.
Weaponry and overforce must be restrained as much as possible in control of disorders.
This line of thought lacks balance and is marked by the overforce which often characterizes the arguments of victims, but there is a kernel of truth in it that is well worth thinking about.
Thus we may suppose that, in an entirely natural way, the Supreme Overforce, while governing all creatures and all their actions, has developed in certain arthropods the habit of spinning tubes or cylinders as a protection to the body.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overenforcement, overload, overassertion, overpoweringness, overabuse, overpush.

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