Synonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Synonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
Antonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Antonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
"Affirming the rules-based order and opposing any effort to change the status quo by force".
After being tricked into killing a pregnant Lois Lane by the Joker, Superman kills the villain and creates a totalitarian movement to eliminate crime by force.
Source: https://screenrant.com/10-evil-supermen-homelander-injustice-bizarro-ultraman/
“And, quite frankly, if we don’t check the efforts by authoritarian regimes to redraw international lines by force, the rest of the 21st century could look a lot like the first half of the 20th century.”
Source: https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/pence-trumps-attacks-on-milley-utterly-inexcusable/
At the same time, “fundamentally, my view is that authoritarianism is coming from the private sector,” not from those who’d attempt to seize control of democratic institutions by force.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/21/matt-stoller-hawley-trust-busting-00092679
Beijing claims that the island is a Chinese territory that must be brought under its control, by force if necessary.
Beijing, meanwhile, has increased military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, the island democracy it claims as its own to be united by force if necessary.
Beijing regards independently governed Taiwan as part of Chinese territory and threatens to take over the island by force if necessary.
Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/china-conducts-military-drill-near-taiwan-in-response-to-u-s-stopover/
Beijing says the island is obligated to rejoin the mainland, by force if necessary, while Taiwan maintains freedom and democracy triumph over Communist dictatorship and refuses to yield.
Beijing views Taiwan as a Chinese territory that must be brought under its control, by force if necessary.
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will eventually unite the island with the mainland, by force if necessary.
China sees the self-ruled island as a part of its territory and insists it should be unified with the mainland, by force if necessary.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65773797?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
China's ruling Communist Party says the island is obliged to rejoin the mainland, by force if necessary.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/taiwan-ap-tsai-ingwen-china-kevin-mccarthy-b2317002.html
Despite the risk of an economic, and maybe military, confrontation with the U.S. and allies, an attempt by China to take Taiwan by force is probable, sometime between 2027 and 2049.
Source: https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/us-diplomat-niger-portugal-wildfires
He claimed he would restore Biafra by force in a face to face military combat with Nigeria.
He described the shocked reaction of UK intelligence chiefs when informed in 2001 - two years before the war - that the US was determined to bring down Saddam Hussein by force.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-usa-sunak-biden-b2299881.html
"He is aware of internal turmoil within an empire which he maintains by force and repression."
Source: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020161/will-putin-survive-his-catastrophic-ukraine-war
In one of the incidents, the suspects took a victim's vehicle by force after one of the robberies, CPD said.
Source: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-robberies-usps-cpd-police/13109354/
It is not a game when your land is taken from you by force and your family members killed by a megalomaniac.
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-downs-russian-hypersonic-missile-with-us-patriot
I've been there several times, and there are times they won't let you on, and you end up getting off the very next exit by force.
Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12802468?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark
Japan is "facing the severest security situation" in the post-World War II era, Kishida said, adding the Asian country will demonstrate its "strong willingness to reject attempts to change the status quo by force" and grapple with "nuclear threats."