Close and Force

Opposite meaning words

Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Force is an antonym for close.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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

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Close is an antonym for force in use violence upon topic.

full	full close	full force
powerful	powerful close	powerful force
actual	actual close	actual force
real	real close	real force
Other adjectives: large, great, evil, major, outside.

They were a fairly large taskforce, a tiny alien force showed up and asked who they were and what they were doing so close to Chiss space, and then they attacked the alien force.

Source: Literature / Outbound Flight
Gay Moment: After Alejandro tries to force Miguel to close a porn site on his computer, Cristina walks in on them and finds them a little too close to each other.

Source: Series / Los Caballeros Las Prefieren Brutas
Also, no close air support is even started until the zombies are already danger close, instead of the Air Force bombarding them the whole way in.

Source: Hollywood Tactics

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