Force
Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Lob
Lob verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
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Susan Storm aka The Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four, who was given force fields because mere invisibility isn't all that super when your kid brother Johnny can lob fireballs.
Source: Barrier Warrior -
In the Dale Brown novel Plan of Attack, the Air Battle Force takes severe casualties after Russians lob many, many missiles at them.
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The micromanagement is somewhat aided by the "Force Fire On Ground" option, where the Nuke Cannon will lob shells at the preset even with no enemy units to target, creating a localized hell on earth, effectively blocking passage to smaller units.
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