Thesaurus / forcible
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China’s government has said that the forcible detentions of Uyghurs in Xinjiang is an anti-extremism strategy.
OMAR, SCHAKOWSKY PUSH BILL TO COMBAT ISLAMOPHOBIA ABROAD AMID RISING CONCERNS ABOUT UYGHURS, ROHINGYAANJUMAN ALIOCTOBER 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFor instance, door security bars such as the Buddybar Door Jammer are extremely effective against both forcible and unforced entry but probably aren’t allowed in carry-on bags, Kiser says.
PORTABLE DOOR LOCKS CAN GIVE TRAVELERS EXTRA COMFORT AND PROTECTION. HERE’S HOW TO CHOOSE ONE.GINA RICHMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe had an excellent voice, possessed in a high degree the gift of concise and forcible expression, and his every word told.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWNo one could deny that Government had yielded in the face of noisy clamor and forcible resistance.
THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTIONCARL BECKERIf the language is not forcible enough to convey your ideas, you will not make it better by underlining it.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYThe tragedies of Corneille and Racine are forcible and finished, and should be read because classical.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHe caused his mother sorrow, by a dissolute life and by forcible inroads on the maternal purse.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEThey don't effect a forcible entry now-a-days for the sake of a coat or two; we'd better look in the dining-room.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHis education having been rude and imperfect, the style of his writing was more forcible than pure or correct.
TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND THE INTERIOR OF PROVINCES OF PROVENCE AND LANGUEDOC IN THE YEARS 1807 AND 1808LT-COL. PINKNEYForcible conquest and adverse occupation is nearly always the primary root of title.
IS ULSTER RIGHT?ANONYMOUSWORDS RELATED TO FORCIBLE
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