forcible
[fawr-suh-buh l, fohr-]
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Origin of forcible
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Examples from the Web for forcible
Contemporary Examples
Conservatives have already opined that the accusations are not of what Paul Ryan might call “forcible rape.”
Conservative advocates of limiting convictions to cases of “forcible rape” often rely on “traditional values.”
And then he was charged not with forcible rape, but with having sex with a prisoner and then aiding her escape.
A former Ebola patient calls the forcible isolation of returning health-care workers from West Africa a ‘police state approach.’
Many universities have vague—and often overly narrow—conceptions of “forcible sexual offenses.”
Historical Examples
It is national in the broadest sense of the term, and primative and forcible to intensity.
RidgewayScian Dubh
The circumstance made a forcible and indelible impression on my mind.
Beaux and Belles of EnglandMary Robinson
And this again led to the forcible expulsion of every Morisco in Spain.
A Short History of SpainMary Platt Parmele
"A Sulaco revolution," Decoud pursued in a forcible undertone.
Nostromo: A Tale of the SeaboardJoseph Conrad
But this is the effect of his predilection for individuals of forcible character.
Maxim GorkiHans Ostwald
forcible
- done by, involving, or having force
- convincing or effectivea forcible argument
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Word Origin and History for forcible
adj.
early 15c., from Middle French forcible, from Old French forcier (see force (n.)). Related: Forcibly.
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