Force
Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Soak
Soak verb - To wet thoroughly with liquid.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He also can soak up an insane amount of blunt force trauma, far more than any normal character in the story.
Source: Healing Factor -
As such, her only viable use in combat is usually just to soak up hits and force enemies to ignore the rest of your fleet.
Source: Video Game / Kantai Collection -
Opposing Force also introduced a larger, stronger version of the headcrab zombie called a "Gonome", that could throw acid, soak up twice as much damage as a standard zombie, and sprint.
Source: Elite Zombie
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