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forced (adj.)
"not spontaneous or voluntary, strained, unnatural," 1570s, past participle adjective from
force
(v.). Meaning "effected by an unusual application of force" is from 1590s. Related:
Forcedly
. The flier's
forced landing
attested by 1917.