| hard-hitting | adj hebat dan mengesankan: a ~ campaign, kempen yg hebat dan mengesankan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| effective | adj 1. having an effect, efficient, berkesan, efektif; (so as to be impressive) mengesankan: ~ measures to reduce inflation, langkah-langkah yg berkesan utk mengurangkan inflasi; the choice of colour combination was very ~, pilihan kombinasi warna sangat mengesankan; 2. (of medicine, remedy) mujarab, mustajab, manjur: an ~ ointment for eczema, salap ekzema yg mujarab; 3. operative, mula /berkuat kuasa, dikuatkuasakan/: the law is ~ from the first of January, undang-undang ini mula berkuat kuasa pd satu hari bulan Januari;4. actual, hakiki: the full strength of this battalion is 1,000, but the ~ strength is 800, kekuatan penuh batalion ini ialah 1,000, tetapi kekuatan hakikinya ialah 800; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| do | ~ st to, a. see vt (sense 2.); b. finish in a specific way, approp v + sehingga: the steak was ~ne to perfection, stik itu dimasak sehingga sempurna; c. (colloq) have an effect on, mengusik perasaan, mengesankan: sentimental music ~es st to me, muzik sentimental mengusik perasaan saya; we’ll engage an interior decorator to ~ up the living room, kami akan mendapatkan seorang juruhias dalam utk mengubah suai bilik duduk itu; be ~ne to death, (of joke, play, story, etc) menjadi basi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| forcible | adj 1. involving force, menggunakan kekerasan: they had no choice but to make a ~ entry into the factory where the suspects were hiding, mereka tdk ada pilihan lain kecuali menggunakan kekerasan utk memasuki kilang tempat orang-orang yg disyaki itu bersembunyi; 2. very powerful, mengesankan; 3. convincing and powerful, tegas dan meyakinkan: ~ arguments, hujah-hujah yg tegas dan meyakinkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |