intimidate
verb (used with object)
to make timid; fill with fear.
will intimidate
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future tenseof intimidate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“The conceit that somehow you will intimidate me and the University of California will divest is silly and illogical. That’s never going to happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
"Worse, it will intimidate loved ones from providing support for fear of being sued."
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2021
No opponent will intimidate the Bills, certainly not the Texans.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2019
Sri Lanka took three quick wickets, all of them involving Udana, to finish on a high, but the 334 total will intimidate a side which hasn’t batted for 11 days.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2019
Nor, indeed, can the success of their endeavours, thus animated and quickened, be easily doubted, since the same appearances that encourage them will intimidate their enemies.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Samuel Johnson
