forcibly strike

Examples (10)

• The guard forcibly struck the intruder to disarm him.
• Protesters claimed the police forcibly struck them with batons.
• In a moment of panic, he forcibly struck the emergency button.
• The boxer forcibly struck his opponent with a powerful left hook.
• The door wouldn’t budge, so she forcibly struck it with her shoulder.
• The machine forcibly strikes the metal sheet to imprint the pattern.
• Workers were warned not to forcibly strike the equipment during maintenance.
• The statue was forcibly struck by vandals in the night.
• Don’t forcibly strike the screen—you’ll crack it.
• After repeated attempts, the hammer forcibly struck the nail into the wood.