coercive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
/kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
Definition of coercive
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
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adj
-
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.”
- Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From coerce + -ive.
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