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
  • Also worth reading 🏈 NFL: The Detroit Lions are the new bullies of the NFC North.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2024
  • After sticking up for his special needs sister and punching a bully, a middle schooler must defend his actions in this new musical by Ben Decter and Kristin Hanggi.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of bully
Noun
  • Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.
    Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of enemy
Noun
  • The climax, in which Dwight and his crew beat a group of nameless Chinese immigrant thugs into submission after they’re used as cannon fodder by Cal Thresher to sabotage Dwight’s wind turbines, is more important to the plot and even uglier.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Like other Diablo games, Hades would support cooperative multiplayer, but in the Arkham games, groups of thugs would circle around the Dark Knight, comic-book style, waiting to be punched in the face.
    Jason Schreier, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of thug
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