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
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  • 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
  • During his first term, Trump often used threats such as high tariffs to browbeat America’s allies into concessions.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of browbeat
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  • Protesting villagers are roughed up, intimidated and even shot, as others flee into caves.
    Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Often, tools aren’t fully utilized because employees don’t know how to make the most of them, or they’re simply too intimidated to try.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of intimidated
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  • Smith wanted to become a counselor and help other children who were being bullied, according to the local CBS affiliate.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • So many young men are bullied, feel incredibly insecure with themselves, and are struggling to find their identity in their youth.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullied
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  • The families have spoken about being repeatedly threatened and harassed by Jones’ viewers and others who believe his claims.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • After years of delays, a federal settlement filed by the center and won in 2022 mandated the government to decide whether to list monarchs as threatened by September 2024.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of threatened
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  • Thousands have been bulldozed to make way for sprawling solar panel fields in the Mojave Desert.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Their original, 2,100-square-foot UCF location was bulldozed for student apartments back in 2016, then reopened on University six months later in double the space with triple the business.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of bulldozed
Verb
  • For over a year, a serial killer terrorized Los Angeles — until its residents took him down.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of terrorized
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