To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example

• strong-arm

  1. Using physical force or coercion:
  2. To use physical force or coercion against.
  3. To rob by force.

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  1. Using physical force or coercion:
  2. To use physical force or coercion against.
  3. To rob by force.

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• menace

  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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• intimidate

  1. To make timid; fill with fear:
  2. To coerce or deter, as with threats:

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  1. To make timid; fill with fear:
  2. To coerce or deter, as with threats:

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• hector

  1. A bully.
  2. To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
  3. To behave like a bully; swagger.

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  1. A bully.
  2. To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
  3. To behave like a bully; swagger.

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• cow

  1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos.
  2. The mature female of certain other large animals, such as elephants, moose, or whales.
  3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age.

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  1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos.
  2. The mature female of certain other large animals, such as elephants, moose, or whales.
  3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age.

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• bullyrag

  1. To mistreat or intimidate by bullying.

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  1. To mistreat or intimidate by bullying.

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• bully

  1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
  2. A hired ruffian; a thug.
  3. A pimp.

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  1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
  2. A hired ruffian; a thug.
  3. A pimp.

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• bulldoze

  1. To move, dig out, or demolish with a bulldozer:
  2. To coerce, intimidate, or bully:
  3. To do away with; terminate:

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  1. To move, dig out, or demolish with a bulldozer:
  2. To coerce, intimidate, or bully:
  3. To do away with; terminate:

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• browbeat

  1. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.

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  1. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.

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• bludgeon

  1. A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end.
  2. To hit with a heavy club or similar blunt instrument.
  3. To strike with strong force:

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  1. A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end.
  2. To hit with a heavy club or similar blunt instrument.
  3. To strike with strong force:

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To subject to danger or destruction

• risk

  1. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
  2. A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; a hazard:
  3. The danger or probability of loss to an insurer.

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  1. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
  2. A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; a hazard:
  3. The danger or probability of loss to an insurer.

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• peril

  1. Imminent danger:
  2. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss:
  3. Something that endangers or involves risk:

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  1. Imminent danger:
  2. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss:
  3. Something that endangers or involves risk:

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• menace

  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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• jeopardize

  1. To expose to loss or injury; imperil.

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  1. To expose to loss or injury; imperil.

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• imperil

  1. To expose to peril.

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  1. To expose to peril.

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• endanger

  1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil.
  2. To threaten with extinction.

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  1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil.
  2. To threaten with extinction.

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To give warning signs of (impending peril)

• forewarn

  1. To warn in advance.

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  1. To warn in advance.

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• forebode

  1. To indicate the likelihood of; portend:
  2. To have a premonition of (a future misfortune).
  3. To prophesy or predict.

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  1. To indicate the likelihood of; portend:
  2. To have a premonition of (a future misfortune).
  3. To prophesy or predict.

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To be imminent

• overhang

  1. To project or extend over:
  2. To loom over:
  3. To project over something:

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  1. To project or extend over:
  2. To loom over:
  3. To project over something:

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• menace

  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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• lower

  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
  2. To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
  3. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

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  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
  2. To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
  3. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

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• loom

  1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image:
  2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form:
  3. To seem imminent; impend:

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  1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image:
  2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form:
  3. To seem imminent; impend:

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• impend

  1. To be about to occur:
  2. To threaten to happen; menace:
  3. To jut out; hang suspended.

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  1. To be about to occur:
  2. To threaten to happen; menace:
  3. To jut out; hang suspended.

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• hang over

  1. to be threatening, to be imminent

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  1. to be threatening, to be imminent

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• brew

  1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
  2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients:
  3. To concoct; devise:

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  1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
  2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients:
  3. To concoct; devise:

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To warn of punishment

• double the fist at

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• pull a gun on

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• draw a gun on

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• bulldoze

  1. To move, dig out, or demolish with a bulldozer:
  2. To coerce, intimidate, or bully:
  3. To do away with; terminate:

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  1. To move, dig out, or demolish with a bulldozer:
  2. To coerce, intimidate, or bully:
  3. To do away with; terminate:

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• thunder against

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• look-daggers

  1. (idiomatic, often followed by at) To stare in a severe, disapproving, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.

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  1. (idiomatic, often followed by at) To stare in a severe, disapproving, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.

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• fulminate

  1. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation:
  2. To explode or detonate.
  3. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.

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  1. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation:
  2. To explode or detonate.
  3. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.

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• bluster

  1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm.
  2. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner.
  3. To brag or make loud, empty threats.

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  1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm.
  2. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner.
  3. To brag or make loud, empty threats.

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• abuse

  1. To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
  2. To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use:
  3. To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.

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  1. To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
  2. To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use:
  3. To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.

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• terrorize

  1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
  2. To coerce or intimidate by causing fear.

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  1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
  2. To coerce or intimidate by causing fear.

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• bully

  1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
  2. A hired ruffian; a thug.
  3. A pimp.

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  1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
  2. A hired ruffian; a thug.
  3. A pimp.

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• forewarn

  1. To warn in advance.

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  1. To warn in advance.

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• browbeat

  1. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.

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  1. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.

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• push-around

  1. To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully

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  1. To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully

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• torment

  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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• scare

  1. To strike with sudden fear; alarm.
  2. To become frightened:
  3. A condition or sensation of sudden fear:

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  1. To strike with sudden fear; alarm.
  2. To become frightened:
  3. A condition or sensation of sudden fear:

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• hold-over

  1. Alternative form of holdover.
  2. (idiomatic) to save, delay

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  1. Alternative form of holdover.
  2. (idiomatic) to save, delay

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• admonish

  1. To counsel (another) against something to be avoided or warn (that something is dangerous):
  2. To urge or exhort (someone to do something):
  3. To remind (someone) of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.

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  1. To counsel (another) against something to be avoided or warn (that something is dangerous):
  2. To urge or exhort (someone to do something):
  3. To remind (someone) of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.

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• caution

  1. Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
  2. Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
  3. Prudence or restraint in action or decision:

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  1. Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
  2. Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
  3. Prudence or restraint in action or decision:

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• menace

  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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  1. A possible danger; a threat:
  2. The quality of being threatening:
  3. A troublesome or annoying person:

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• intimidate

  1. To make timid; fill with fear:
  2. To coerce or deter, as with threats:

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  1. To make timid; fill with fear:
  2. To coerce or deter, as with threats:

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To impend

• advance

  1. To cause to move forward:
  2. To put forward; propose or suggest:
  3. To aid the growth or progress of:

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  1. To cause to move forward:
  2. To put forward; propose or suggest:
  3. To aid the growth or progress of:

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• come on

  1. Something offered to allure or attract; an inducement, especially to buy.
  2. A sexual or romantic approach or proposal.

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  1. Something offered to allure or attract; an inducement, especially to buy.
  2. A sexual or romantic approach or proposal.

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• approach

  1. To come near or nearer, as in space or time:
  2. To make an approach, as in golf.
  3. To come or go near or nearer to:

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  1. To come near or nearer, as in space or time:
  2. To make an approach, as in golf.
  3. To come or go near or nearer to:

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• be on the horizon

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• be brewing

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• imperil

  1. To expose to peril.

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  1. To expose to peril.

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• be in the offing

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• be gathering

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• be dangerous

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• endanger

  1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil.
  2. To threaten with extinction.

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  1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil.
  2. To threaten with extinction.

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