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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

forcible
    adj 1: impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
           "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
           "strong-arm tactics" [syn: forcible, physical,
           strong-arm]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Forcible \For"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
   that may be forced.]
   1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
      energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
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            How forcible are right words!         --Job. vi. 2?.
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            Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
            when broken.                          --Bacon.
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            But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
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            That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
            to bridle sin.                        --Hooker.
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            He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
            ornamented.                           --Lowth
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   2. Violent; impetuous.
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            Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
                                                  --Prior.
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   3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
      compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
      abduction.
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            In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
                                                  --Swift.
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   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.

   Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
        weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
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Thesaurus Results for Forcible:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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