Force quit everything to shutdown

Does anyone know of some sort of script or way of shutting down while force quitting everything to quit? Sometimes when I shut down some apps query me for my response and I just want to avoid all of that and have the forced to quit without any user interaction.

L - F,
This script has worked for me. Be forewarned that any unsaved changes in open applications will be lost. If you're comfortable with that, give it a try. Highlight the block of code below and paste it into your AppleScript Script Editor. Save the script as File Format: application, leaving the Options unchecked.
*tell application "System Events" to set visible of (processes whose background only is false and visible is false) to true*
*tell application "System Events" to set the_apps to name of every application process whose visible is true and name is not "Finder"*
*repeat with each_app in the_apps*
*tell application each_app to quit without saving -- WARNING: "without saving" will override dialog boxes; unsaved changes in open applications will be lost!*
*end repeat*
*tell application "Finder"*
*shut down*
*end tell*
Regards, Andrew99

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