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noun
- 1. the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated: "the intimidation of witnesses and jurors"
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INTIMIDATION definition: 1. the action of frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to persuade them to do…. Learn more.
Intimidation can refer to the act of making someone feel timid or afraid — like what you sometimes do to your brother — or it can also refer to that fearful feeling itself. Intimidation might make members of a jury hesitate to convict a defendant.
Intimidation definition: the act of inducing fear or awe. See examples of INTIMIDATION used in a sentence.
The meaning of INTIMIDATE is to make timid or fearful : frighten; especially : to compel or deter by or as if by threats. How to use intimidate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Intimidate.
to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade the person to do something he or she does not wish to do: Don’t let those bullies intimidate you; just walk away from them. intimidation. noun [ U ] us / ɪnˌtɪm·ɪˈdeɪ·ʃən / a campaign of intimidation against striking workers.
1. To make timid; fill with fear: The size of the opposing players intimidated us. 2. To coerce or deter, as with threats: The police intimidated the suspect into signing a false statement. [Medieval Latin intimidāre, intimidāt- : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin timidus, timid; see timid .] in·tim′i·dat′ing·ly adv. in·tim′i·da′tion n.
Definition of intimidation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Intimidation definition: The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats ; the state of being intimidated ; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
Intimidation is a behaviour and legal wrong which usually involves deterring or coercing an individual by threat of violence. [1] [2] It is in various jurisdictions a crime and a civil wrong ( tort ). Intimidation is similar to menacing, coercion, terrorizing [3] and assault in the traditional sense. [note 1]
to make timid; fill with fear. to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
