Percussive: alternatives and connections

A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…

An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, ac…

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subj…

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or mo…

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the stat…

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the n…

Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…

To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by neces…

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…