[ US /ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪntˈɪmɪdˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
  2. make timid or fearful
    Her boss intimidates her
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How To Use intimidate In A Sentence

  • Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him.
  • Any knowledge that I inquire is from the limited public sources that the APD can't suppress or intimidate. City of Aurora's Labor Union Negotiations Continue with Mixed Progress, Complaints and Counter-Complaints
  • This is an attempt to intimidate and blackguard the prison officers and this is an attempt that will fail.
  • Nevertheless, the only East European country to sign up has been Romania (and the Romanian government is now back-pedalling, claiming that it was intimidated by Washington).
  • Let us walk away with the lessons of this," Gray told the crowd of dozens of employees, after adding that such an incident can "intimidate" elected officials from participating in outreach such as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's event Saturday. D.C. government observes moment of silence for Ariz. victims
  • The Clinton Center has written (and reportedly succeeded) to pressure and influence (intimidate) ABC to "revise" the series. In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film
  • The report said he used harassment and threats to intimidate television journalists.
  • There's not a huge level of power available-you can snap the throttle open without feeling intimidated.
  • Quite a few of them would even stub out their cigarettes so enraptured, and intimidated, would they be by the blizzard of technical virtuosity that we, today, take for granted. Debra Levine: Ballets Russes Updated: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Turns 15
  • Too many students left the teach-in feeling intimidated not by the overwhelming opposition to the war, but to the way an academic forum became a fervid presentation of an exclusive viewpoint.
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