Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - intimidate
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Intimidate
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(intimidates, intimidating, intimidated) If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do. Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul... Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work. VERB: V n, V n into -ing • intimidation ...an inquiry into allegations of intimidation during last week’s vote. N-UNCOUNT
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transitive verb (-dated; -dating) Etymology: Medieval Latin intimidatus, past participle of intimidare, from Latin in- + timidus timid Date: 1646 to make timid or fearful ; frighten; especially to compel or deter by or as if by threats tried to ~ a witness • intimidatingly adverb • intimidation noun • intimidator noun Synonyms: ~, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat mean to frighten into submission. ~ implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another ~d by so many other bright freshmen. cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business. bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats bulldozed the city council into approving the plan. bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior bullied into giving up their lunch money. browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment browbeat the witness into a contradiction. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. frighten or overawe, esp. to subdue or influence. Derivatives intimidation n. intimidator n. Etymology: med.L intimidare (as IN-(2), timidare f. timidus TIMID) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пугать, запугивать; угрожать, устрашать; шантажировать 2. intimidation 3. запугивание; устрашение, угрозы; шантаж to keep smb. from smth. by intimidate —- запугиванием удерживать кого-л. от чего-л. to surrender to intimidate —- дать себя запугать 4. страх, боязнь; запуганность, робость ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. пугать; запугивать, устрашать (into) The salesman intimidated the old lady into signing the paper, by threatening to take away the goods. Syn: browbeat, bully, cow, daunt, dismay, overawe, terrorize Ant: blandish, encourage, enhearten, induce INTIMIDATION noun 1) запугивание; устрашение 2) страх, запуганность ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v to frighten someone by behaving in a threatening way, especially in order to make them do what you want (Buildings were bombed in an attempt to intimidate the opposition.) - intimidation n (allegations of police intimidation) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1646, from M.L. intimidatus, pp. of intimidare, from L. in- "in" + timidus "fearful" (see timid). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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