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Another word for forcible

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Adjective

  1. Accomplished by force

    See also:

    attack

  2. Full of or displaying force

    See also:

    strong

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Another word for forcible

Modifier
  1. See also:

    violent

    persuasive

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Sentence Examples

  • The argument was forcible, but the courts decided against them.

  • In William's theory, the forcible conquest of England by strangers was an untoward accident.

  • It is a forcible plea for freedom of conscience.

  • From time to time the emigration takes the shape of a mass movement, which the government stops by forcible measures.

  • His simple and forcible mode of expressing himself gave birth to the proverbial expression "Scythian eloquence," but his epigrams are as unauthentic as the letters which are often attributed to him.

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