intimidation

intimidate | American Dictionary

intimidate
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈtɪm·ɪˌdeɪt/
to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade the person to do something he or she does not wish to do:
Don’t let those bullies intimidate you; just walk away from them.

intimidation

noun[ U ]us/ɪnˌtɪm·ɪˈdeɪ·ʃən/
a campaign of intimidation against striking workers

Examples of intimidate

intimidate
They had begun by being intimidated by the new machine, but quickly had adapted to it.
Perhaps they felt more intimidated by the opponents until the king empowered them to speak their minds.
It is possible that some parents feel intimidated by perceived expectations of healthy living that they feel unable to maintain.
This is an odd choice in that such volumes are hardly likely to appeal to those who are intimidated by footnotes.
Possessing a seemingly independent psychological agency, the womb harboured concentrated powers of intimidating female sexuality.
However, a few found it intimidating, predominantly due to their own reported negative experiences of physical touch.
He receives no assistance for his care, but is intimidated by the family.
The leadership lost sight of the need to persuade and began to believe that it could intimidate its way to the vote.
Both then and now rural electorates have been intimidated.
The book claims to be aimed at a wide readership without an intimidating level of mathematics.
Her mastery, enviable and evidently intimidating, is comfortingly confounded with complicity.
Patients are often frightened, intimidated, and angry - all of which are natural feelings associated with hospitalization.
He hesitates to say who he "really" is because he is too easily intimidated on the phone, and announces himself instead as his old assistant.
All this results in a book that is brilliant, intimidating, original, disconnected, often hilarious, intentionally disconcerting, and sometimes awkwardly personal.
Above all, he wanted to use the vigilantes to intimidate his opponents.
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