ARM-TWIST Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

arm-twist

verb

as in to intimidate

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Verb

Charlotte didn’t handle teams that push and use force to intimidate the opposition well this past season, often falling short in that department.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
But, for those who are dipping their toe into these massive markets for the first time, the experience can be overwhelming, even intimidating.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of intimidate

Verb

England looked cowed and browbeaten by the second half of the semifinal, which allowed Lionel Messi to do what only Lionel Messi can do.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
His process of doing so involved disparaging his accusers, browbeating people and institutions that no longer wanted to be associated with him, and refusing to accept a path that precluded a return to being a public figure.

— Elizabeth Spiers, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of browbeat

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Two weeks after being bullied off X by gangs of LIB truthers, German soccer fan Freddy, whose wholesome social media posts on American culture during his travels around the country early in the World Cup, has returned to the app.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Children who are bullied may also experience back-to-school anxiety.

— Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 12 July 2026

Definition of bully

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Ironically, as the office-to-residential boom has consumed millions of square feet of space, the office vacancy rate has declined and leasing has picked up, threatening converters’ ability to acquire properties at rock-bottom prices.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has previously threatened to build his own nuclear weapons should Iran acquire the bomb.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of threaten

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England looked cowed and browbeaten by the second half of the semifinal, which allowed Lionel Messi to do what only Lionel Messi can do.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
With their long and crescent-shaped horns, the Inyambo cows graze at the King’s Palace Museum in Nyanza and at the homes of some of Rwanda's richest people, including President Paul Kagame.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026

Definition of cow

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In one of Nolan’s subtle but important additions to Homer’s tale, all throughout the film, everyone expresses fears about the People from the Sea, this unseen menace terrorizing different towns.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Russia has been doing this since the start of the war, terrorizing Ukrainian cities with aerial assaults that have killed thousands of civilians and crippled much of the country’s energy grid for months on end.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of terrorize

Verb

Researchers found that staff pressured and coerced those held there into abandoning immigration claims and accepting removal to third countries if they could not be sent back to their own country.

— Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
That’s one thing; ballplayers love nothing more than throwing around large sums of money to coerce normal humans to do unspeakable tasks.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of coerce

Verb

The highlight of the lottery pick battle was when Lendeborg bulldozed Boozer in transition before flipping in a feathery floater for two points in the first half.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Forest Service officials, their patience having long evaporated, arrived in force, handcuffing and hauling the occupiers out by the yokes of their flannels, then bulldozing the camp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of bulldoze

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