forcible

adjective

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as in forceful

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Recent Examples of forcible And ethnic minorities during the Ming dynasty were pressured into intermarriage, just as the 2026 Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress codifies Beijing’s new policies on forcible ethnic assimilation. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Under state law, lack of consent generally must be shown through forcible compulsion or a clear expression of nonconsent. — Ilana Turko, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026 Weeks later, he was charged in a separate case with second-degree forcible rape, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026 The law came in response to the historic genocide against Indigenous peoples, the forcible removal from their ancestral lands and widespread plunder of Indian grave sites by European settlers, the American government and zealous archaeologists. — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forcible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forcible
  1. forceful
  2. powerful
  3. potent
  4. mighty
  5. muscular
Adjective
  • Cappe acknowledges that more forceful policing can deepen the problem.
    — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The ruling — forceful, unequivocal and based on several of the same arguments made by Bennett and Sanchez — was cheered by state officials and voting rights groups.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of forceful
Adjective
  • The centrepiece of the archaeological site is a massive rock which is more than 20 feet long and features an intriguing engraving of a powerful being.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • View gallery - 5 images High-performance electric dirt bikes are becoming increasingly capable, but stepping into the more powerful end of the market often requires a considerable investment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of powerful
Adjective
  • His love of his family is palpable, but his alcoholism, violent temper, philandering and anger are just as potent.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The most potent version of Lucid’s impressive debut model is the Air Sapphire, which features a tri-motor powertrain—one unit is positioned up front, the other two on the rear axle—that produces a hypercar-like 1,234 horses.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of potent
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  • The rest of the comparison systems simply couldn't come close to the mighty OLED MacBook Pro.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The 2024 sequel received an exclusive theatrical release and earned a mighty $714 million.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of mighty
Adjective
  • Unlike humans and other animals with rigid skeletons, octopuses have extremely flexible bodies built around what scientists call a muscular hydrostat, a system of muscles that provides both support and movement without bones.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • By breaking speech down into the muscular components of individual phonemes, the team was able to re-create both speech and the individual elements of facial expression that were sent to the avatar animation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of muscular

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