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by force

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Synonyms for forcibly

with intense energy and force

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Rosa, then, was not ill, she was offended; she had not been forcibly prevented from coming, but had voluntarily stayed away.
So forcibly did he dwell upon this symbol, for the hour or more during which his periods were rolling over the people's heads, that it assumed new terrors in their imagination, and seemed to derive its scarlet hue from the flames of the infernal pit.
In the stranger's third encounter with Sir Philip Malvoisin, he was equally successful; striking that baron so forcibly on the casque, that the laces of the helmet broke, and Malvoisin, only saved from falling by being unhelmeted, was declared vanquished like his companions.
They apply most forcibly to the scheme of a perpetual exclusion; but when we consider that even a partial exclusion would always render the readmission of the person a remote and precarious object, the observations which have been made will apply nearly as fully to one case as to the other.
These are the principal objects of federal legislation, and suggest most forcibly the extensive information which the representatives ought to acquire.
The justice of the charge struck her too forcibly for denial, and the circumstances to which he particularly alluded as having passed at the Netherfield ball, and as confirming all his first disapprobation, could not have made a stronger impression on his mind than on hers.
On reaching the spot I found it proceeded from a large hog which a number of natives were forcibly holding to the earth, while a muscular fellow, armed with a bludgeon, was ineffectually aiming murderous blows at the skull of the unfortunate porker.
But such undercurrents still existed among the people and gathered new forces ready to manifest themselves just as strangely, unexpectedly, and at the same time simply, naturally, and forcibly. Now in 1812, to anyone living in close touch with these people it was apparent that these undercurrents were acting strongly and nearing an eruption.
The Saw-Horse paid no attention whatever to this command, and the next instant brought one of his wooden legs down upon Tip's foot so forcibly that the boy danced away in pain to a safer distance, from where he again yelled:
According to sources, Police officials forcibly on gun point fetch the boys to police line where along with other colleagues sexual activity was done and recorded, and later on threatened to viral the naked video of the victim on internet.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday launched an attack on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he has failed to help the Sikh girl who was forcibly converted to Islam and married against her wishes.
The teachers were chanting several slogans, including "no to contracts," "we want integration," and "we will not give up."The teachers, who called themselves "the forcibly contracted educators" have been rallying in the streets since February 20.
BAGHDAD / NINA / - Secretary-General of the Solution Party, Mohammed Al-Karbouli confirmed that the government's efforts to reveal the fate of missing and forcibly disappeared has failed.
Our thoughts are also with those Kashmiris who have been forcibly disappeared as part of the state crackdown in India-held Kashmir.
The residents accused assistant chief Beatrice Apetet of being behind cartels that forcibly grab land from the poor and people who cannot defend themselves.