as in to bully
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back
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Recent Examples of intimidate
Merlin Lu, 21, is charged with two felony counts of hate crime, one felony count of property damage, one felony count of arson, and additional misdemeanor charges including disorderly conduct and burning a cross to intimidate.
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Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Lu has been charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors, including a hate crime and burning a cross to intimidate, police said in a statement released Wednesday night.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
The four misdemeanor counts involve breach of peace, reckless conduct, damage to property and cross burning to intimidate, according to the police statement.
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Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
While the outdoors can feel intimidating to many consumers, Van Diggelen said genuine engagement helps make the category more approachable.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Lu has been charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors, including a hate crime and burning a cross to intimidate, police said in a statement released Wednesday night.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
The four misdemeanor counts involve breach of peace, reckless conduct, damage to property and cross burning to intimidate, according to the police statement.
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Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
While the outdoors can feel intimidating to many consumers, Van Diggelen said genuine engagement helps make the category more approachable.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidate
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Bonnie's new device Lilypad initially causes problems with this, leading her to be brutally bullied in a group chat and shamed into rejecting her toys.
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Williams called Valkyries fans bullies in an Instagram Live stream earlier this week, and by Friday night, Chase Center had the receipts.
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But her outbursts frightened the children too.
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What frightened me most was what might happen to my children.
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City Council should refuse to be intimidated and not let Webb scare them from using it to help Chicago and its citizens.
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That's not a company that needs to scare off millions of loyal customers with a brutal price rise.
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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The decentralized group, created by 15-year-old Bradley Chance Cadenhead in Stephenville, targets children through social media, gaming platforms and messaging apps to coerce them into self-harm and sharing explicit content.
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While the cameras were rolling, Spielberg would stand just out of frame with two wooden bats, banging them together to startle her.
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To his luck, the sound finally startled the bear and sent it running.
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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.
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But that bar was browbeaten by critics into pausing and then canceling the project.
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“Intimidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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