"Now the military will not apply force in any part of the area."

It does not say you have to apply overwhelming force in every situation.

There are other conditions under which the suspension applies positive force, too.

Without applying much force, he broke a chunk off in his hand.

This time he applied more force, piling it on quickly.

At his leisure, he applied more force and simply laid her arm down.

We had to apply force to bring its rulers to their senses.

He had never, to his knowledge, laid eyes on one whose duty was to apply force to other human beings.

"A weapon is a system for applying force," Mike said.

Then, they apply force and pick up speed by completing one to four turns in the circle.