Adjective

(en adjective)

Able to be forced.

Having force.

* Bible, Job vi. 2

How forcible are right words!

* Francis Bacon

Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.

* Hooker

That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.

Done by force. Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget)

* 2008 , U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States

Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.

Having a powerful effect; telling

Adjective

(-)

Not forcible.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 3, author=Bob Driehaus, title=Court Rejects Limit on Bids by Convicts for DNA Tests, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The origins of the case lay in an effort to seek DNA testing by Cameron Sterling, who was convicted in 1991 of nonforcible rape of a child younger than 13 and sentenced to 6 to 25 years in prison. Mr. Sterling entered a so-called Alford plea, in which he continued to assert his innocence but acknowledged that the prosecutors had evidence that might persuade a jury. }}