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What does coercive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
  2. (mathematics) Such that the ration of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
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The threat of force is sometimes a necessary component of coercive diplomacy.
Most people believe that children should be spared from coercive power dynamics.
The British found that night bombing and incendiaries greatly increased their coercive power.
He is the leading advocate of the superiority of voluntary or spontaneous forces over coercive ones.
The Commonwealth has no military force, or coercive power apart from suspension and expulsion.
Thus, values and norms were imposed through coercive instruments rather than consensus.

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