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in·tim·i·da·tion

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bullying, intimidationnoun

    the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

    Synonyms:
    deterrence, bullying, determent

  2. intimidationnoun

    the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

    Synonyms:
    deterrence, bullying, determent

  3. intimidationnoun

    the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid

    Synonyms:
    deterrence, bullying, determent

  4. determent, deterrence, intimidationnoun

    a communication that makes you afraid to try something

    Synonyms:
    deterrence, bullying, disincentive, determent

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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. intimidationnoun

    Synonyms:
    intimidating

  2. intimidationnoun

    Synonyms:
    fear, terror, terrorism, reign of terror

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "intimidation":

    bullying, intimidate, harassment, threat

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#3891threat
#9795harassment
#17807bullying
#24331intimidation
#34514deterrence
#37463intimidate
#68777disincentive

How to use intimidation in a sentence?

  1. Tom Mshindi:

    This is, in our view, intimidation, we don't expect this government to resort to these kinds of strong-arm tactics to try and intimidate us.

  2. State Rep. Mike Johnson:

    A few well-funded activist groups have intentionally mischaracterized the bill – spreading fear and intimidation and misinformation.

  3. Michael Miller:

    The raids ... were intimidation, not investigation.

  4. Emilie Blanton:

    While it is important that administrators, teachers and students make their voices heard about issues related to public education policy, advocacy should under no circumstances be putting a stop to learning for entire communities. i think its an intimidation tactic.

  5. Alexander Hug:

    It seems that this sort of intimidation is aimed at stopping the OSCE from reporting what is going on in the area, there are, it seems, some who would like the OSCE to stop reporting what is going on in Donetsk.


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