Forcible entry

[1] The term is also sometimes used for entry by military, police, or emergency personnel, also called breaching.

For the fire service, forcible entry is defined by the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) as: The techniques used to get into buildings or other areas of confinement when normal means of entry are locked or blocked.

[2]Breaching doorways can be differentiated as "through the lock" or "through the door" depending on the techniques used.

It was replaced with a new offence of "using violence to secure entry" under section 6 of that Act.

Judge Donaldson considered the question of forcible entry in the UK, in Swales v. Cox (1981): ... he uses force if he applies any energy to the obstacle with a view to removing it.