]siv, ]sēv adjective
Etymology: coerce + -ive
: serving or intended to coerce : being or exerting coercion
self-created will rather than coercive force — Adrienne Koch
coercive measures for compelling a restitution — C.G.Bowers
authority is directional instead of coercive — Theodore Bienenstok
• co·er·cive·ly adverb