The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coercive \Co*er"cive\, a.
   Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. --
   Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
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         Coercive power can only influence us to outward
         practice.                                --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
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   Coercive force or Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power
      or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or
      difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also
      interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its
      natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly
      depends on the molecular constitution of the metal.
      --Nichol.
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            The power of resisting magnetization or
            demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.
                                                  --S. Thompson.
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