Accelerate
Accelerate verb - To become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number.
Force and accelerate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Force" instead a verb "Accelerate".
Force
Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Accelerate and force are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accelerate" instead a verb "Force".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Speedrunners have figured out how to turn that recoil into motive force to accelerate Milla to the point where she can actually keep pace with Lilac and Carol.
Source: Recoil Boost -
Real afterburners simply provide a greater force of thrust, allowing the aircraft to smoothly accelerate past the compressibility range until it attains a supersonic airspeed — they don't cause Newton's 2nd Law of Motion to be temporarily suspended.
Source: Film / Air Force One -
Gone Horribly Right: Gaius Sextus hopes to push High Lord Kalarus into action by pretending to appoint High Lord Aquitaine as his successor, knowing that this will force Kalarus to accelerate his plans to seize the throne.
Source: Literature / Codex Alera
Cite this Source
Force and Accelerate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accelerate/force
Accelerate & Force. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/accelerate/force>.
Force or Accelerate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accelerate/force.
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