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forced

/foɹst/ adjective B1
  1. Obtained forcefully, not naturally. · The forced labor went on for 14 years.
  2. Opened or accessed using force.
  3. Produced by strain; not spontaneous; insincere. · forced laughter
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If the chief constructor of the Navy desired to consult them, even he was forced to go to the Woolwich office for the purpose.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 8 · B2
So the Tin Woodman was forced to return sorrowfully to his friends and tell them of the terrible Beast he had seen.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 74 · B2
He then went away, and Miss Bingley was left to all the satisfaction of having forced him to say what gave no one any pain but herself.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2
Bennet was forced to submit to a separation, which, as her husband by no means entered into her scheme of their all going to Newcastle, was likely to continue at least a twelvemonth.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2

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