| 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. |
| The threat of force is sometimes a necessary component of coercive diplomacy. |
| It deals with truth and error, with behavior towards co-religionists and religious opponents, and with the coercive power of the state. |
| Surely it is tautological to say that coercive organizations rely upon coercion as the predominant method of control? |
| The British found that night bombing and incendiaries greatly increased their coercive power. |
