arm-twist

verb

Definition of arm-twistnext
as in to intimidate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
  1. intimidate
  2. browbeat
  3. bully
  4. threaten
  5. cow
  6. terrorize
  7. coerce
  8. bulldoze
Verb
  • The girls are locked up with male inmates who are only too happy to harass and intimidate them and can only count on each other to make it through the days.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Getting to know a new boss can be intimidating, so try to find some commonalities— and put yourself out there to make a good first impression.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of intimidate
Verb
  • While events such as these are the consequence of manmade activity and are not ideal, the narration doesn’t browbeat the audience but instead focuses on the potential positive outcomes – a new species emerging.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Note that generative AI did not try to browbeat me or otherwise attempt to crush my soul.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of browbeat
Verb
  • There is a fine line between bullying and encouraging others to do what’s right.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • In an application for a restraining order, which was granted by a judge, a woman alleged that Ali harassed, bullied and threatened her.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of bully
Verb
  • Even as Trump and other Republicans have threatened some of that coverage, Kennedy has remained mum.
    Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
  • And those agents can actually ruin deals — like the one who tried to negotiate a price down by insulting the home, which turned off her sellers, or another who threatened a sale by going on vacation instead of signing papers at a closing.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of threaten
Verb
  • The decisions by the Times and the Post have raised fears that media publishers, preparing for the possibility of a second Trump Administration, are being cowed by him.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The Georgian populace has long since been cowed by Moscow’s carrot and stick message.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of cow
Verb
  • Voters can say no to giving rogue police officers full immunity to terrorize us.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Although others had been terrorized in Brownsville, Williams was the only voting rights advocate killed in the town that summer.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of terrorize
Verb
  • The suit, which didn’t say how much White paid the Mexican plaintiffs, alleges that he was coerced into making the settlements.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Musk has defended the giveaways, saying in a town hall that it was not meant to coerce people to register to vote.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of coerce
Verb
  • No, the devastation comes in dribs and drabs, via sporadic incursions over years: a home bulldozed here, a well filled with concrete there, a 2 AM home invasion there.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Raids and airstrikes in the West Bank The activist’s death comes nine days after Israel’s military launched one of its most expansive operations in the West Bank in years, carrying out raids, bulldozing highways, and launching airstrikes in multiple parts of the occupied territory.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of bulldoze
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