Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing or intended to produce intimidation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending or serving to intimidate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare That
intimidates ;intimidating .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Louw said the legislation, once enacted, would have a "long-term intimidatory effect" on the conduct of members of the board who would be "inclined to want to please their party leaders."
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"We believe this a kind of intimidatory tactic because we are going towards very crucial elections next year," he said.
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A police unit that wanted to videotape the proceedings were told by Mr Suttner that its actions would be "intimidatory".
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As part of the injunction, the BNP will also have to abandon its "intimidatory" policy of sending officials to the homes of prospective new members.
icBirmingham 2010
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BNP officials, which Judge Collins ruled could be seen as "intimidatory".
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BNP officials, which Judge Collins ruled could be seen as "intimidatory".
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"intimidatory" and the result rejected by independent foreign monitors.
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"intimidatory" tactics by Angolan security forces designed they say to destabilise the team.
Soccerway.com 2010
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"intimidatory" tactics by Angolan security forces designed they say to destabilise the team.
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If there is a coherent source for the rather unkind public debate over Patel's heft it is the England management's fixation with nurturing a pack-like sense of intimidatory conditioning, the relentless corporate identity that so thrillingly steamrollered the Australians in the winter.
Why Samit Patel's cricket skill set carries so much weight | Barney Ronay 2011
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