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forcibly

adverb as in against one's will

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Once the aircraft was on the ground at Minsk Airport, Belarus security agents forcibly dragged journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend, law student Sofia Sapega, 23, off the plane to be detained in the country’s notorious jails.

From Time

One day after the ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli police forcibly dispersed a protest at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or Temple Mount, the site of a previous police raid last Monday that Hamas cited in launching its initial rocket attacks.

From Axios

We must promote policies and practices that treat the forcibly displaced as fully human and with all the dignity and humanity that they deserve.

Prosecutors have alleged in separate filings that other Oath Keepers associates conspired to forcibly enter through the west Capitol Rotunda doors at about that time.

By October, the police had forcibly removed the camp after an uptick in property- and drug-­related crime.

From Time

Michelangelo tricked his patron about the David, but sometimes he was forcibly reminded who paid the bills.

I did a little research and now, I mean, yikes, he's the guy that's okay with letting schools forcibly pin down autistic kids.

The younger unmarried women are being told they will be forcibly married to ISIS fighters.

As The Guardian noted, Cameron Diaz was telling adorable anecdotes about forcibly grooming a hairy friend just under a year ago.

Begins: When you must forcibly stop yourself from striking a loved one in the face.

A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.

A great-granddaughter of Fragonard, she seems to have inherited his talent; Corot and Renoir forcibly appealed to her.

They went to the capital, forcibly removed the king from his throne, and banished him to the island of Kang-wa.

The well-aimed shots of the Americans were beginning to tell forcibly against the Spaniards.

Her attention had been so forcibly drawn to the picture, that she only now began to recognize the fact.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forcibly, such as: effectively, by force, coercively, compulsorily, energetically, and hard.

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

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