Vocabulary
Forcibly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
using force or violence.
Urdu meaning
جبراً، زبردستی ، طاقت سے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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This one involves forcibly changing the nature of fiscal relations between the centre and the provinces through an amended NFC.
Dawn Editorials —
Shortcuts to growth
— 2026-01-19
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Last weekend, he made good on his implied threats by sending US forces into the Latin American nation to forcibly bring its president to the US.
Dawn Editorials —
Regime change redux
— 2026-01-06
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But when push came to shove, the CDA and what seemed like most of Islamabad`s police force forcibly dispossessed Muslim Colony residents of their homes.
Dawn Editorials —
Islamabad the ugly
— 2025-12-19
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However, Muslim states may have belatedly realised that if they were to forcibly confront Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions, this would be akin to aiding Israel.
Dawn Editorials —
Second thoughts
— 2025-12-02
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The party which clearly won the popular mandate in the February 2024 general eleetion with its leader in jail was forcibly prevented from forming the government.
Dawn Editorials —
Coercion & consent
— 2025-11-21
Synonyms
by force, against one’s will, under protest, compulsorily, under compulsion, under coercion
Antonyms
delicately, faintly, frailly, shakily
Curator example
“no one will be forcibly evicted”
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