intimidator

noun

Definition of intimidatornext
as in bully
a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidator
  1. bully
  2. enemy
  3. thug
Noun
  • Good Morning Britain, ITV1, 30 May – 1,777 complaints Complaints followed a debate between two guests, Mike Parry and Kay Taiwo about whether XL bullies should be put down.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Like Daniel LaRusso before him, Li has trouble with bullies at school, and ultimately joins a karate competition and turns to his old sensei, Mr. Han, for training.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of bully
Noun
  • The second movie will pick up after the events of Part One, where Elphaba and Glinda uncover the Wizard's fraud and Elphaba is declared the new enemy of Oz.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • On December 27, WHO announced the results from 430 samples: The outbreak was caused by a familiar enemy — or, more accurately, multiple familiar enemies.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of enemy
Noun
  • Several journalists were beaten by police and media workers accused authorities of using thugs to deter people from attending anti-government rallies, which Georgian Dream denies.
    Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Several young Georgians who still bore the visible marks of beating described being detained at peaceful protests by security forces; one independent election monitor recounted how he had been roughed up to leave a polling station by a crowd of thugs.
    Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of thug
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