forcibleadjective
uk/ˈfɔː.sə.bəl/us/ˈfɔːr.sə.bəl/forcible adjective (USING PHYSICAL POWER)
Forcible actions involve the use of physical power or of violence:
The police's forcible entry into the building has come under a lot of criticism.
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Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious
- atrocity
- confrontation
- desperate
- flex your muscles idiom
- forced
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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forcible adjective (GIVING NO CHOICE)
happening or done against someone's wishes, especially with the use of physical force:
There's a law to protect refugees from forcible return to countries where they face persecution.
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Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- push
- railroad
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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forcibly
adverb uk/ˈfɔː.sə.bli/us/ˈfɔːr.sə.bli/
Several rioters were forcibly removed from the town square.