force of nature

collocation in English

meaningsofforceandnature

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force
noun
uk
/fɔːs/us
/fɔːrs/
physical, especially violent, strength, ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition offorceandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforce of nature

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In politics, as in art, the sphinx is aforceofnaturethat must be overcome.
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But to destroy such a power, he declares, is like destroying aforceofnature.
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The fact that this context is a blindforceofnaturerather than a violent criminal attack does not matter to my finger.
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Thus had modernity seemingly made the new regime not stronger, but weaker against a powerfulforceofnaturethan its predecessors.
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The increase in online gambling is not aforceofnaturethat advances inexorably.
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First, it could be aforceofnature, such as a hurricane, fire, flood, or cancer, which does something, but obviously with no ethical dimension involving choice or consent.
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This formulation enables an analysis of the consequences of the dynamical tension between conventionally defined economic growth, where welfare depends only on consumption, and theforceofnaturecapital preservation.
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In this case, it was aforceofnaturethat brought air traffic to a complete standstill.
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It was a stark reminder of the terribleforceofnatureand of how small are the works of man.
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The devastation caused by a hurricane is not just the result of aforceofnaturedescending on mankind.
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Many politicians’ attitudes towards it suggest that they see it as some sort offorceofnature.
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She appeared as aforceofnature.
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She respects theforceofnature.
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He is pure revolt: aforceofnature, burning bright.
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An endless tragedy in which man's limitations are made most apparent and surprisingly relevant when confronted with the relentlessforceofnature.
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When it comes to us in floods, water is aforceofnature, endangering our health, the environment, infrastructure and our property.
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Each incumbent has added something and the office inexorably continues the trend of accumulating power—but that is noforceofnature; it is not beyond our control.
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Their doctrine is that we are suffering from a mysterious visitation—which they call recession - which will one day just as mysteriously disappear through someforceofnature.
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We considered that everything happens, changes, or dissolves by theforceofnature.
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There is no specialforceofnatureinvolved in the generation of such fluctuations.
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I wanted to show theforceofnatureand the energy of the song.
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She has been described as a manipulativeforceofnaturewith a spiteful streak.
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Sometimes the astra is descriptive of the function, or of theforceofnaturewhich it invokes.
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Her voice has a wide range, spanning more than three octaves and has been called aforceofnature.
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Audience members wrote of going home limp after one of his recitals, knowing they had witnessed aforceofnature.
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