in full force
With full strength
In full force describes something present at maximum strength, intensity, or numbers.
A storm arrives in full force, regulations take effect in full force, or protesters turn out in full force.
Winter has arrived in full force.
The new policy is now in full force.
The phrase emphasizes completeness—nothing held back, nothing diminished.
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- rushQuick sudden movement
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- chargeCost or accusation
mandated · binding · lawful · dynamic · authorized · boom · operative · up and running · legitimate · in effect · peak · energetic · thriving · valid · flourishing · bustling · running hot · overwhelming
in full forceweakly
Without much force
feebly · half-heartedly · limply · barely · tepidly
in full forcepartially
To an incomplete extent
sparsely · incompletely · in part · thinly · scantily
in full forcesuspended
Halted or hanging temporarily
dormant · inactive · on hold · in abeyance · out of commission
full, force, enforce, reinforce, enforced, reinforced, forcible, enforcing, forcibly