How to Use forcible entry in a Sentence

forcible entry

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  • Firefighters made a forcible entry and found a female body inside.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Nichols faces multiple felony charges including burglary, attempted forcible entry, and vandalism, according to jail records.
    Cierra Morgan connect april 13, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Under these laws, an unlawful and forcible entry into an occupied home is presumed to create an inherent risk of great bodily injury or death to the occupants, so the occupant is authorized to use deadly force.
    Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Exercises include practicing search and rescue, forcible entry, ventilation techniques, hose line advancement and salvage operations.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The 82nd Airborne Division is an active airborne infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in joint forcible entry operations – high-stakes missions to seize a military hostile area.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026

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