The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TORN
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More clues leading to the result TORN
- Against main force becoming split
- Rent but not from Royal Navy
- Having difficulty deciding end for Trueman?
- Region in reactor now ripped apart
- Ripped into eight or nine pieces
- Rent that’s held by mediator, normally
- Not sure Queen’s consumed by fashion
- Removed forcibly by wind, without further ado
- One of the letters repeatedly needed by tenant for rent
- High rise shown by northern rent
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The straight part
We know that "Removed forcibly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case removed forcibly = torn.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TORN mean?
TORN verb- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
- (of structures, with down) To demolish
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- To smash or enter something with great force.