intimidation

noun

Definition of intimidationnext
as in fear

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Recent Examples of intimidation The 16-count indictment against Republican Liz Murrill, handed up Thursday by a New Orleans grand jury, charges Louisiana’s first female attorney general with intimidation and malfeasance. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 The 16-count indictment handed up Thursday by a New Orleans grand jury accused Murrill, the state's first female attorney general, with intimidation and malfeasance. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 After steering hiring toward workers of Latin American origin, the companies allegedly subjected those employees to intimidation and coercive working conditions. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 2 July 2026 Civil liberties advocates have criticized the agency's recent use of these forms, calling them an intimidation tactic to silence critics. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 1 July 2026 By Bay City News The Stockton City Council has approved an ordinance regulating the use of facial coverings when they are used to conceal a person’s identity in ways that provoke fear, intimidation, threats or violence. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 27 June 2026 Slobodan Dimitrijevic, 52, was also charged with stalking, plus four misdemeanors — criminal trespass, two counts of harassment and one count of intimidation. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 An Indiana man is accused of stalking, harassment, intimidation and sending threatening and explicit messages to WNBA star Sophie Cunningham via social media, officials said. — Madison Lambert, NBC news, 24 June 2026 The ordinance applies when someone wears a mask to conceal their identity in a way that creates a reasonable fear of intimidation, threats or violence. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidation
  1. fear
  2. threat
  3. violence
  4. coercion
  5. menace
  6. terror
  7. terrorism
  8. pressure
Noun
  • Bell also spoke of the importance of prioritizing communication in their relationship — especially during moments of fear or insecurity.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Our country right now is mired in a level of bullying and intolerance that, for some, might feed their fears, but won’t feed their family.
    — Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of fear
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  • But the threat of a partial collapse Tuesday by one such conversion in progress highlighted the significant challenges of those construction projects.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Mike Bland told The Times the officer’s name has not been released because of an investigation into threats against him.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of threat
Noun
  • News outlets uncovered years-old comments on Reddit that appeared to endorse political violence, dismiss rape in the military, criticize rural Americans and use anti-gay slurs.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Al-Geneina and al-Fashir saw the most intense violence in the war between the Sudanese army and the RSF that continued for more than three years.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of violence
Noun
  • House Bill 582, known as the Survivor Justice Act, allows courts to consider reduced sentences for victims of domestic violence or human trafficking who committed crimes under coercion.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Equality without liberty can become coercion in the name of fairness.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of coercion
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  • France were controlled and devastating all at once; rarely at risk but always a menace.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Every passing lawn and meadow, every winding path through the woods, seemed to hide a lurking menace.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of menace
Noun
  • In its absence, this category is open for business, with Rhys, so good at shifting between his show’s droll humor and genuine terror, an obvious choice.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • On top of that, there was a terror attack plot at one of her concerts in Vienna in 2024, which was thwarted.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026
Definition of terror
Noun
  • The state sponsor of terrorism label, first imposed on Syria in 1979 after a previous regime sided with Palestinian militants, continues to repel the business deals the country needs to recover from its crippling civil war.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • If convicted on the most serious charges related to weapons of mass destruction and an act of terrorism, Cole faces a possible life sentence.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026
Definition of terrorism
Noun
  • Instead of relying solely on conventional reactor vessels and containment structures, the design uses the pressure generated by a mile-long water column surrounding the reactor to support reactor operating pressure while also providing cooling.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • Serve up the comforting flavors of chicken pot pie with less pressure by simply tossing all of the ingredients into your Dutch oven.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
Definition of pressure

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