Modifies a noun

• subtyping: A basic idea behind coercive subtyping is that subtyping provides a powerful mechanism for notational abbreviation in type theory.

• diplomacy: More coercive diplomacy might take the form of smart sanctions, targeted against the political elite.

• apparatus: Such a form of economy makes any political coercive apparatus superfluous.

• tactic: The berserk nature of the police violence drew obvious comparisons with the coercive police tactics employed on the miners strike the year before.

• measure: The implementation of coercive measures, in the early days, caused a lot of damage.

• force: Neither on their own is enough to justify coercive military force.

Modifying Another Word

• not: But marital sexuality, in its many forms, is in no way evil if it is not coercive or abusive to either partner.