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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  1. bully
  2. enemy
  3. thug
Noun
  • Barring a trio of lanky bullies, Benny’s classmates don’t judge him based on his weight.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
  • And then there was the one about him as a bad steward of money raised by the powerful Koch network, a sexist bully, and a drunkard on the job who got canned.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of bully
Noun
  • This terrifying and occasionally gory tale follows a warrior in an unfamiliar environment forced by a floating gold orb, Puck, to eat many enemies, thus becoming stronger.
    Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In a truly unprecedented move, the IAF successfully assassinated Israel’s long-time enemy, veteran Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on September 27, 2024, in an enormous airstrike on Beirut.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of enemy
Noun
  • Long maintaining that the protesters are just thugs, Najmeh painfully removes the rounds from Sadaf’s bleeding wounds, her assumptions about the government she’s loyally obeyed falling away.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of thug
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