Determine and Force

Determine

Determine verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).

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

Nearby Words: determination, determining, determinative, determiner, determinating

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

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

In X-Men, Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men.

Source: Still the Leader
Still the Leader: Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men.

Source: Comicbook / Cyclops
Discussed Trope later on, as she does the math to determine how much force she just handled...and realizes it was WAY more then she should have.

Source: Tanks for Nothing

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