force field
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- noun
- /fɔrs fiːld/
- Literature
- Good luck trying to break through that force field.
- a force field to protect
- erect a force field
- lower the force field
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Watch on YouTubeBut, but you know, we, we go into these places, you know, there's no kind of invisible force field around us out there.
- But, but you know, we, we go into these places, you know, there's no kind of invisible force field around us out there.
- I think just like a force field of protection around me through positive words and love through my family.
Examples
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The spaceship was surrounded by a force field that protected it from enemy attacks.
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The missing shuttle glided through the bay's protective force field and settled into its berth.
Fiction book (2000) -
So brace for impact, put the force fields up, but make the decision anyway.
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Seal off that entire deck with emergency force fields.
Fiction book (1994) -
There's a force field around it, which I most definitely saw.
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Someone's taken down our force field.
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I'm releasing the emergency force fields.
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At the last possible moment, the force field sputters and falls.
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The force field protecting a cargo area like this from the vacuum of space could fail.
Fiction book (2000) -
The team starts backpedaling, firing as they go, but the Borg are unstoppable now; they put up personal force fields to protect themselves.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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Layers of material that block harmful radiation, for example X-rays
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An area around something where its push or pull affects other things
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'force' (power that acts) with 'field' (a region or area where something acts), yielding an area characterized by force — which corresponds to an invisible protective barrier. This noun–noun composition and the same concept exist in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'campo de fuerza'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely understand the MWE.
Etymology
Force field in stories comes from the picture of an invisible bubble around a ship or machine: force is power and field is an area. This bubble acts like a 'shield' that stops attacks, so the phrase means 'an invisible barrier that protects'.