ARM-TWIST Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

arm-twist

verb

as in to intimidate

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Lemon and several other journalists have been charged with violating the FACE Act, which prohibits people from intimidating or interfering with individuals’ constitutional right to the freedom of religion.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Survivor Series 2003 featured a match starring the gigantic, intimidating wrestler known as The Undertaker.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of intimidate

Verb

Dodgers management didn’t browbeat Treinen and Call, and that’s fine — ballplayers should be entitled to share their personal thoughts, however noxious.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
No need to legally browbeat AI makers or require AI developers to implement specialized AI safety features.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of browbeat

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His distance from Henry was painfully emphasized when his son got in trouble for bullying another classmate, and the idea of Michelle (Andrea Anders) getting engaged to someone else sent him into a tailspin.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
As Southampton’s Cyle Larin showed in April’s 5-1 thrashing, the defence is susceptible to being bullied physically at times.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bully

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Those supporters have done their club proud, a point embodied by the gradual improvements made to a ground Exeter were once threatened with eviction from under previous owners.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
An investigation found that the man allegedly assaulted his 63-year-old father and threatened to kill people at the home following an argument.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of threaten

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What stood out was his confidence; Bouaddi was never cowed up against the experienced pairing of Bruno Guimaraes and Casemiro.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Refusing to be cowed, Sartre responded to Aron with his own book on Marx, the nine-hundred-page Critique of Dialectical Reason, in 1960.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

Definition of cow

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Closer to the front lines, Russians have employed smaller attack drones to terrorize civilian areas in Ukraine, targeting gas stations and vehicles.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of terrorize

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Group members will often blackmail victims by threatening to make swatting calls at their home address and have also been known to coerce minors into placing swatting calls themselves.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Jawad Boulos, who was Sarsour's lawyer when he was charged in Israel decades ago, testified that Sarsour was tortured in Israeli custody and coerced into making confessions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of coerce

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