door kicking
Boot through threshold
Door kicking is forcible entry, especially by police or military personnel conducting raids.
The literal act—kicking a door open—has become shorthand for aggressive tactical operations: The unit specializes in door kicking.
In military slang, door kickers are the frontline operators who breach and enter buildings, as opposed to support personnel.
- breachBreaking of agreement
- dynamic entryRapid tactical breach
- entryAccess or submission
- search warrantDocument permitting lawful premises examination
- forceStrength or compulsion
brute force · boot · raid · drug raid · swat · special ops · tactical · flash bang · threshold · splinter · break · crash · smash · hinge · frame · lock · bust · storm
- break-in toolscrowbar, lock pick set, bolt cutters, pry bar, glass cutter
- Horse Problemscribbing, weaving, bucking, rearing, biting
- burglaryburglar, housebreaking, break-in, home invasion, intruder
door kickinglock picking
Opening locks without keys
unlocking · covert entry · bypassing · knocking · slipping in
door kickingnegotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
peaceful resolution · standoff · de-escalation · containment · siege tactics
door, kick, doors, doored, doorway, doorways, doorman, doormen, doorstep