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Force means physical contact (usually) so that one object pushes another. That is not in itself necessarily violence. The use of "force" can be done really mindfully, so that it can even prevent violence, which is uncontrolled (panicked?) force.
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Now if thou would'st
When all have given him o'er
From death to life
Thou might'st him yet recover
-- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631
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