And sometimes - often - it means sending people back, by force if necessary.

After all your talk about holding us together by force if necessary?

They are to be taken off, by force if necessary.

We are going to use all necessary force to accomplish this.

China said last year that it would protect the company's activities by force if necessary.

The forces necessary for success were freed by the action of men under your command.

And that they have a right to change things, by force if necessary.

I wanted to pull her into the van, by force if necessary.

But the response must be limited to the amount of force necessary to protect them.

The first question we have to ask ourselves is, was this massive use of force necessary?