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  • 11bulldozer — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. earthmover, grader, plow, heavy machinery. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people: browbeater, bully, hector, intimidator. Archaic: brave. See OVER …

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  • 12intimidator — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people: browbeater, bulldozer, bully, hector. Archaic: brave. See OVER …

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  • 13browbeat — verb (past browbeat; past participle browbeaten) intimidate or cajole with words or looks. Derivatives browbeater noun …

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  • 14bully — I. n. 1. Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire eater, Hotspur, mock hero, swash buckler, browbeater, bully rook, bully rock, domineering stormer. 2. Desperado, villain, blackguard, bawd protector, harlot s henchman. II. v. a. Browbeat,… …

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  • 15bully — n 1. browbeater, hector, ruffian, intimidator, Sl. bulldozer, Inf. terror, coercer, dictator, oppressor, despot, tyrant, hard taskmaster, Simon Legree. 2. blusterer, roisterer, vaporer, ranter, raver, rowdy, U.S. tough; (all usually of women)… …

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  • 16terrorist — n 1. desperado, gunman, gangster, criminal, mafioso, (in Paris) apache; thug, tough, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, roughneck, Inf. baddy, Australian Si. larrikin, Brit. Hist. Mohock. 2. highwayman, footpad, Sl.… …

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  • 17bully — [n] domineering person annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, hector, insolent, intimidator, oppressor, persecutor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tormenter, tough; concept 423 bully [v] intimidate, push around… …

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  • 18browbeat — v.tr. (past beat; past part. beaten) intimidate with stern looks and words. Derivatives: browbeater n …

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