removing a non-empty directory

[TheCoop]

how do you remove a non-empty directory from the command prompt? ive tried

rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
rm -d

both of which fail to work, rm-d giving an error of '...is a directory' and rmdir not giving any error msg (-v tells me it thinks it is removing the directory, but it is still there when i check)
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[TheCoop]

thanks
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