arm-twisted

verb

Definition of arm-twistednext
past tense of arm-twist
as in browbeat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twisted
  1. browbeat
  2. intimidated
  3. bullied
  4. threatened
  5. bulldozed
  6. terrorized
Verb
  • Recent comments by Trump and former President Barack Obama felt like browbeating.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2024
  • If segregating people by race and browbeating them about the evil ways of their race is not racial harassment, then what is? Conservatives are pushing back against anti-white race discrimination.
    Thomas F. Powers, National Review, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of browbeat
Verb
  • The day after Luigi Mangione was indicted for murder, 200 top American CEOs came together, under heavily armed protection, in a bold statement of defiance of the populist fringes, not frightened away or intimidated for standing up for leadership and American character.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Ever since, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been too intimidated to try regulating this serious harm.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of intimidated
Verb
  • Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Trans athletes feel unsafe, bullied Meanwhile, in Riverside on Thursday, advocates gathered at the Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullied
Verb
  • Of the 24 species of scrub mints known today, over half are listed as threatened or endangered at either the state or federal level.
    Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Putin and senior Russian officials have repeatedly threatened nuclear escalation against Kyiv and its Western allies if necessary since the start of the conflict.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of threatened
Verb
  • Several other troughs appeared to have been already filled and bulldozed over.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Infrastructure projects promised to repair the scar left of decades-old urban renewal projects that bulldozed Black neighborhoods.
    Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of bulldozed
Verb
  • After achieving a conviction in a brutal triple homicide that had terrorized his mountain town, Sgt.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, Ethan, increasingly terrorized by it all, must keep his superior, Phil Sarkowski (Dean Norris), at bay, along with other colleagues, in order to keep Nora safe at a major turning point in their relationship.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of terrorized
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