Thesaurus results for INTIMIDATOR

intimidator

noun

Definition of intimidator

as in bully

a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him

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Recent Examples of intimidator All the while, Sarah is being hunted by corporate intimidators Dawson (Sam Worthington) and Rosetti (Willa Fitzgerald), who want to ensure her silence. — EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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One of the questions in a suddenly competitive division is whether or not Kansas City can be the bully again.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The photos show the newlyweds on what looks to be a cute morning date, walking their dogs (Noon, a miniature schnauzer, and Phil, a pocket bully) to a coffee shop.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of bully

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Friday is here and that means all you Competitive Wordle players, playing against your friends, co-workers, rivals, enemies, or against me or the Wordle Bot, must double your points, whether positive or negative.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Months turned into years, and on August 6, 1945, Kakita and his brother heard of an enemy aircraft sighting.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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The mother, as originally rendered in King’s novel and the De Palma film, is an abuser, tyrannical in her parenting.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Sometimes judges don’t have a full picture of the risks a victim faces, like an abuser’s access to weapons and prior threats to kill, and release men arrested on domestic violence charges quickly, with little to keep them away from the women they’re accused of hurting.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026

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