The iron possesses coercive force, or magnetic rigidity, and a steel ring would show more of it.

The cost of collecting tithes was enormous, from the large coercive force which the government was obliged to maintain.

Any dictatorship, whether of a single man, a group or class, must rest ultimately upon oppressive and coercive force.

This cynical declaration is at least a recognition that the bond of union is not merely one of coercive force.

She was talking about a little discussed fact-policeofficers who rape and use excessive and coercive force against sex workers with relative impunity.

A power dwelt within me which seemed to possess a mighty voice, and a strong coercive force when I did not want to listen.

Nevertheless he is bound to keep them by virtue of the statutes themselves, since they are possessed of coercive force, as stated above (I-II, Q.

The court papers refer to " coercive forces" as possibly being behind the "spontaneous fall".