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intimidate
[ in-tim-i-deyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make timid; fill with fear.
Synonyms: terrify, daunt, subdue, frighten
Antonyms: calm
- to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
- to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
Antonyms: encourage
intimidate
/ ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt /
verb
- to make timid or frightened; scare
- to discourage, restrain, or silence illegally or unscrupulously, as by threats or blackmail
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Derived Forms
- inˈtimiˌdator, noun
- inˌtimiˈdation, noun
- inˈtimiˌdating, adjective
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Other Words From
- in·tim·i·da·tion [in-tim-i-, dey, -sh, uh, n] noun
- in·tim·i·da·tor noun
- in·tim·i·da·to·ry [in-, tim, -i-d, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intimidate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intimidate1
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Example Sentences
And nowadays, politicians and CEOs frequently employ the color to command respect and intimidate.
When ISIS beheaded an American journalist, it meant to intimidate—and provoke—the United States.
One pilot friend in Zwara pointed out that just “two Apaches,” attack helicopters, would intimidate the militias into a ceasefire.
On Sunday, Iroquois defenders used them to intimidate and pummel Canadians in a second-half surge.
You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population.
On one occasion a noted professional duellist thought that he could intimidate him.
Were these figures going to the enemy Chief they might intimidate him—coming here they alarm me.
To intimidate them, Dunmore issued proclamations, and threatened freeing the slaves against their masters.
She had a faint hope that the room might intimidate this Western girl, but instead of intimidation there was exultation.
They were trying to intimidate him—to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence.
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