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Uses compulsion in the armed services (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forces

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This might be a double definition.

'uses' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'compulsion in the armed services' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for forces that I've seen before include "Troops and weaponry" , "Pushes" , "soldiers" , "Military and police, say" , "Compels or inflicts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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