Authorize and Force

Authorize

Authorize verb - To give official or legal power to.

Force and authorize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Force" instead a verb "Authorize".

Force

Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

Authorize and force are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorize" instead a verb "Force".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

change authorize change force change
team authorize team force team
attacks authorize attacks force attacks

Both words in one sentence

  • Excel Saga parodies this by having Shinichi Watanabe force Koshi to authorize making an episode out of an earlier porn doujin of his.
  • With no one willing to authorize deadly force, the Border Guards allowed them to pass through.
  • Useful Notes / John Kerry In 2002, Kerry voted to authorize the President "to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein", but warned that the administration should exhaust its diplomatic avenues before launching war.
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