forceable

Adjective

forcible (comparative more forcible, superlative most forcible)

1. 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 / Engendering with me, of that rape begot / These yelling monsters, that with ceaseless cry / Surround me, as thou saw'st—1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
2. (obsolete, rare) 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.1911 March, Jack London, chapter XXVI, in Adventure, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
3. Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.
   • But that which hath been once most sufficient, may wax otherwise by alteration of time and place; that punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin, may grow afterwards too weak and feebled.[1594], Richard Hooker, chapter III, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
4. Able to be forced.
   • […] 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, or multitude of people; […]1831, Richard Burn, Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty, The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, volume 1, page 793