Meanings (ES + gloss)
forzado • forzoso
Done by force, forced.
I fled; but he pursued (though more, it seems, / Inflamed with lust than rage), and, swifter far, / Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, / And, in embraces forcible and foul / En…
The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals.
poderoso • potente
Having (physical) force, forceful.
[…] he drew her to him, laid a forcible detaining arm about her waist, and misapprehended her frantic revolt for an exhibition of maidenly reluctance.
forzable
Able to be forced.
But an entry may be forcible, not only in respect of a violence actually done to the person of a man, but also in respect of any other kind of violence in the manner of the entry,…
[…] it seems that an entry is not forcible by the bare drawing up a latch, or pulling back the bolt of a door, there being no appearance therein of its being done by strong hand, o…
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