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  • 71browbeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bully (See fear). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bully, intimidate, frighten, cow; see ride 4 , threaten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. intimidate, bully, cow, badger, terrorize, harass, threaten,… …

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  • 72bully — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hector, brawler; plug ugly; tyrant. v. t. intimidate, browbeat, hector, bulldoze. See evildoer, insolence, threat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tormentor, ruffian, tough, tyrant; see rascal . v. Syn.… …

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  • 73cow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bovine, calf, heifer; (pl.) kine, cattle. See animal. v. t. intimidate, frighten. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heifer, milk cow, dairy cow, bovine, critter*, bossy*; see also bull 1 , calf .… …

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  • 74frighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To strike with fear] Syn. scare, alarm, terrify, daunt, dismay, cow, terrorize, shock, startle, dishearten, abash, dispirit, throw into a fright, raise apprehension, intimidate, deter, threaten, prey on the mind, badger,… …

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  • 75threaten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To warn of punishment] Syn. intimidate, menace, caution, admonish, hold over, scare, torment, push around, browbeat, forewarn, bully, terrorize, abuse, bluster, fulminate, look daggers, thunder against, bulldoze*, draw a gun …

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  • 76heavy — /ˈhɛvi / (say hevee) adjective (heavier, heaviest) 1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 2. of great amount, force, intensity, etc.: a heavy vote. 3. bearing hard upon; burdensome; harsh; distressing: heavy taxes. 4. having… …

  • 77intimidation — noun 1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑bullying • Derivationally related forms: ↑intimidate • Hypernyms: ↑aggression • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 78intimidatory — dəˌtōrē, chiefly Brit  ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dātəri or ā.tri adjective Etymology: intimidate + ory : tending to intimidate an intimidatory array of obstacles F.S.Mitchell : designed to intimidate the similarity, in some species, between intimidatory and… …

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  • 79in|tim´i|dat´ing|ly — in|tim|i|date «ihn TIHM uh dayt», transitive verb, dat|ed, dat|ing. 1. to frighten; make afraid; overawe: »to intimidate one s opponents with threats. SYNONYM(S): cow. 2. to influence o …

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  • 80in|tim|i|date — «ihn TIHM uh dayt», transitive verb, dat|ed, dat|ing. 1. to frighten; make afraid; overawe: »to intimidate one s opponents with threats. SYNONYM(S): cow. 2. to influence o …

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