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force
Noun
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A force the act of a thing pushing on another thing, or how strongly it pushes.
The force of the hammer hitting the nail pushes the nail into the wood.
In science, energy is force times distance.
He pushed his shoulder against the door with great force, but was not able to open the locked door.
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A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
police force
force
Verb
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Someone forces something to happen when they make it happen.
He forced his way into the room.
The large size of our family forced me to buy a bigger house.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
flame
Noun
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The part you can see in fire.
We saw the flames burning the house.
The firefighter's hat is as bright as a flame.
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A flame is a lover that only lasts for a short time.
He brought his flame to yesterday's party.
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A flame is a strong comment on the internet to insult (hurt) someone else, making them angry.
Today, someone in our forum started posting very mean flames.
I posted that someone's idea was a bad idea, and I got a lot of flames for that.
flame
Verb
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To make flames.
The pot in the kitchen started to flame when it was left to cook for too long.
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To write an insulting (hurtful) message on the internet to make people angry.
My school peer started flaming in my email.
Everybody in the newsgroup flamed me for saying that.