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forcibly

adverb as in against one's will

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They include scenes of people dying after being forcibly infected by venomous fleas and of experiments to induce frostbite by leaving undressed people outside to freeze.

It is very unusual to see the chief executive of a private company questioned quite so forcibly by politicians in a parliament to which they are not accountable.

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In a video shared on X, he insisted that the Israeli military would be able to remain in parts of Gaza and that Israel said it would "forcibly resist" a Palestinian state.

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The sergeant had punched a man in the leg who was being forcibly searched, and the undercover reporter said afterwards: "I saw your little dig in the back of the leg."

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Anne's visit comes weeks after the UK announced new sanctions targeting those supporting the alleged attempts "to forcibly deport and indoctrinate" Ukrainian children.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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