Forcible
adjective
Done with a good amount of physical strength or violence.
The intruder made a forcible entry into the house.
adjective
Convincing and strong in expression or argument.
The lawyer's forcible argument convinced the jury.
adjective
Done with a good amount of physical strength or violence.
The intruder made a forcible entry into the house.
adjective
Convincing and strong in expression or argument.
The lawyer's forcible argument convinced the jury.
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Use 'forcible' to describe actions requiring physical power or effort.
The police made a forcible arrest.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Forcible' often implies unwanted or aggressive actions.
He faced charges for forcible misconduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Legality Context
'Forcible' is frequently used in legal settings to describe criminal actions.
Forcible theft is a serious offense.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Use 'forcible' to describe actions requiring physical power or effort.
The police made a forcible arrest.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Forcible' often implies unwanted or aggressive actions.
He faced charges for forcible misconduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Legality Context
'Forcible' is frequently used in legal settings to describe criminal actions.
Forcible theft is a serious offense.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Use 'forcible' to describe actions requiring physical power or effort.
The police made a forcible arrest.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Forcible' often implies unwanted or aggressive actions.
He faced charges for forcible misconduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Legality Context
'Forcible' is frequently used in legal settings to describe criminal actions.
Forcible theft is a serious offense.
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they collectively became known as The Long Wall. To accomplish this task, the Emperor enlisted soldiers and commoners, not always voluntarily. Of the hundreds of thousands of builders recorded during the Qin Dynasty, many were forcibly conscripted peasants and others were criminals serving out sentences.
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An interview with the...
The water protectors are being forcibly removed from the camp that they have set up to defend what keeps us alive. And that is intricately related to black lives. So definitely call the White House and demand that they stop doing that. There are tanks
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Tim Berners-Lee: The...
And I was happy to see that at the party last night that he was still saying, very forcibly, "It's really important to have a lot of data." So I want us now to think about not just two pieces of data being connected, or six like he did,
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The Atlantic slave...
and spanning three continents, forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas. The impact it would leave affected not only these slaves and their descendants, but the economies and histories of large parts of the world.
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Let’s Help Refugees...
have so many people been forcibly displaced. So while we're making sweeping progress in human health, in technology, in education and design, we are doing dangerously little to help the victims
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Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
and, as a punishment, my family was going to be forcibly removed to a desolate location in the countryside. They had to get out quickly. So I started planning how to help them escape.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
promptly cut from the wall and removed to the Museum in Naples dozens of pieces considered too explicit for public display were forcibly removed for much of the last century this
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The power of citizen...
she was able to pull in distant witnesses via livestream to help translation, to help distribution, to help amplify her story after her community was forcibly evicted
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3 ways to uproot a...
Have you ever been robbed? Or had something you value forcibly taken from you against your will? It's violating. Feelings of fury, of assault and of helplessness.
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Why Climate Change Is a...
I think it was really the importance of the injustice that really struck me very forcibly.
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What makes the Great...
they collectively became known as The Long Wall. To accomplish this task, the Emperor enlisted soldiers and commoners, not always voluntarily. Of the hundreds of thousands of builders recorded during the Qin Dynasty, many were forcibly conscripted peasants and others were criminals serving out sentences.
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An interview with the...
The water protectors are being forcibly removed from the camp that they have set up to defend what keeps us alive. And that is intricately related to black lives. So definitely call the White House and demand that they stop doing that. There are tanks
Video examples
Tim Berners-Lee: The...
And I was happy to see that at the party last night that he was still saying, very forcibly, "It's really important to have a lot of data." So I want us now to think about not just two pieces of data being connected, or six like he did,
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The Atlantic slave...
and spanning three continents, forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas. The impact it would leave affected not only these slaves and their descendants, but the economies and histories of large parts of the world.
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Let’s Help Refugees...
have so many people been forcibly displaced. So while we're making sweeping progress in human health, in technology, in education and design, we are doing dangerously little to help the victims
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Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
and, as a punishment, my family was going to be forcibly removed to a desolate location in the countryside. They had to get out quickly. So I started planning how to help them escape.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
promptly cut from the wall and removed to the Museum in Naples dozens of pieces considered too explicit for public display were forcibly removed for much of the last century this
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The power of citizen...
she was able to pull in distant witnesses via livestream to help translation, to help distribution, to help amplify her story after her community was forcibly evicted
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3 ways to uproot a...
Have you ever been robbed? Or had something you value forcibly taken from you against your will? It's violating. Feelings of fury, of assault and of helplessness.
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Why Climate Change Is a...
I think it was really the importance of the injustice that really struck me very forcibly.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. No one should ever be mistreated this way. I want you to know that we take full responsibility, and we will work to make it right. It's never too late to do the right thing.
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Debbie Ford
American Author
As you stop trying to forcibly manage the thoughts, beliefs and actions that arise from your mind and ask instead to be guided by a source greater than yourself, you will find a world of support showing up in surprising ways.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian states - or darker periods in American history.
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William Morris Hunt
American Artist
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!
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William Shenstone
English Poet
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
The more forcibly I'm made aware of the fact that I'll never be the kind of storyteller I most admire, the less I'll be troubled by that. I'll probably just become more myself.
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Stephen Leacock
Canadian Economist
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
Government can only spend a dollar to help someone when it forcibly takes a dollar from someone else.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
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Sanjay Gandhi
Indian Politician
I advocate family planning, but I have never stood for forcible sterilisation.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. No one should ever be mistreated this way. I want you to know that we take full responsibility, and we will work to make it right. It's never too late to do the right thing.
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Debbie Ford
American Author
As you stop trying to forcibly manage the thoughts, beliefs and actions that arise from your mind and ask instead to be guided by a source greater than yourself, you will find a world of support showing up in surprising ways.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian states - or darker periods in American history.
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William Morris Hunt
American Artist
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!
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William Shenstone
English Poet
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
The more forcibly I'm made aware of the fact that I'll never be the kind of storyteller I most admire, the less I'll be troubled by that. I'll probably just become more myself.
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Stephen Leacock
Canadian Economist
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
Government can only spend a dollar to help someone when it forcibly takes a dollar from someone else.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
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Sanjay Gandhi
Indian Politician
I advocate family planning, but I have never stood for forcible sterilisation.
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