strong-arming 1 of 2

noun

Definition of strong-armingnext
as in bullying

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strong-arming

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verb

present participle of strong-arm
as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats developers trying to strong-arm homeowners into selling their houses at below-market prices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strong-arming
  1. bullying
  2. intimidating
  3. coercing
  4. threat
  5. frenzy
  6. revolt
  7. upheaval
  8. whipping
Noun
  • Ideas By Crystal Heath and Gene Baur December 6, 2024 7:00 AM EST Heath is a veterinarian and the Executive Director of Our Honor, a non-profit that supports veterinarians and animal professionals who face bullying and retaliation for voicing ethical concerns.
    Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This, despite Russia's history of bullying and oppression of Romania.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullying
Verb
  • This new era of AI can feel intimidating for the limited, human life forms that created it.
    Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Only six years older than Crystal, the comedian still found Scorsese intimidating.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of intimidating
Verb
  • That same sentence will remain for anyone found guilty of tricking, pressuring or coercing someone into making the choice if the bill is ultimately passed.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Pressuring or coercing someone into ending their life would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
    Alistair Smout, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of coercing
Noun
  • Thus, Lee enlisted in the growing ranks of a civilian force devoted to protecting the American experiment from threats foreign and domestic: the conservative movement.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The organization lists vessel strikes as one of the major threats to green sea turtles, along with ocean pollution, loss and degradation of nesting habitat, and climate change.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of threat
Noun
  • In the desperate frenzy to get aid and supplies to people whose lives were upended by a hurricane, Blue Ridge Public Radio compiled efforts of government, schools and charity organizations.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This kind of frenzy, in some way, is only to be expected at the dawn of the age of A.I., when the richest man in the world, intent on colonizing Mars, is an important adviser to the incoming president, and the distrust of government, media and corporate interests is exceedingly high.
    Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of frenzy
Noun
  • The House descended into chaos Wednesday when the GOP revolt sank a last-minute funding measure to keep the government operating through early next year.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • So far, three of them—the former al Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the revolt, and two militias in southern Syria—have issued statements pledging their support for international efforts to eliminate the country’s remaining chemical weapons.
    Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • Leaders grappling with technological upheaval, political change, economic uncertainty, and shifting societal norms may be tempted to seek novel solutions.
    Gena Cox, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • It shouldn't just be reserved for stunts and for emotional upheavals.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of upheaval
Noun
  • Editor’s picks ‘Brutal beatings’ Cooper and hundreds of Dozier students accused school wardens of torturous abuse over minor infractions, like whippings, beatings, forced labor, and medical neglect.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Although the two have similar properties, whipping cream may not whip up as stiffly or hold its shape as well as heavy whipping cream.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of whipping
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