coerciveadjective
uk/kəʊˈɜː.sɪv/us/koʊˈɝː.sɪv/formalusing force to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do:
The president relied on the coercive powers of the military.
coercive measures/tactics
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- push
- railroad
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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