Je ne suis pas de votre force = (lit.) I am not so strong as you are; (fig.) I am no match for you.
Force m’est de partir = I am compelled to go.
Il faut à toute force l’empêcher de sortir = You must prevent him going out by all the means in your power; We must do all we can to prevent him going out.
Il y avait force badauds = A quantity of loafers were there.
*La force prime le droit = Might is right. (See [Fort].)
C’est un joueur de première force = He is a first-rate player.
Force est restée à la loi = The police proved the stronger; Order was restored.
C’est un cas de force majeure = It is a case of absolute necessity; It is an utter impossibility.
[e.g. “Le témoin n’a pu venir parce qu’il est dangereusement malade; son absence est due à un cas de force majeure.”]