Synonyms:
intimidate
Meaning: make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
Synonyms:
intimidate, restrain
Meaning: to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Usage examples
Her character and the violence of her disposition, intimidate me from making the attempt: she is too ignorant for instruction, too obstinate for intreaty, and too weak for reason.
General Gordon, as is usual in such cases, ordered a battery of artillery which he had brought up in the road before the Guards to fire, but he directed that the guns should be pointed so high that the balls should go over the heads of the enemy. His object was to intimidate them.