coercive

Definitions

adj

1

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

2

Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.

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4

ADJ.

broader, public, used

VERB + COERCIVE

can't, exist, police

COERCIVE + NOUN

diplomacy, pressure, sentiment, situations, techniques

PREP.

in

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The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program,

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02

Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques.

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03

The police used coercive techniques when questioning suspects.

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04

Congress and committees of Congress of course impeded the executive when there was no coercive public sentiment to check and rule them.

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05

Capitalism is coercive.

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Consent can't exist in coercive situations.

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