Forcible

a.	1.	Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential. How forcible are right words! - Job. vi. 2 . Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. - Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. - Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. - Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. - Lowth (Transl.
	2.	Violent; impetuous. Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. - Prior.
	3.	Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. - Swift. Forcible entry and detainer (Law) the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

Adj.

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forcible - impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics" Synonyms: strong-arm, physical

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