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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Intimidation

/ĭnˌ-tĭmˌ-ĭd-āsh'-ən/ · In·tim·i·da·tion · IPA /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by i…
  1. 1.
    The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
    “The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation.” — Paley.