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"intimidate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often cow (3 letters).
Definitions
Make someone afraid or hesitant through threats or pressure.
Word origin
From Medieval Latin intimidātus, perfect passive participle of Latin intimidō (“to intimidate, terrify”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see timid.
Used in a sentence
“He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.”
“His father tried to intimidate his son into staying, threatening him with banishment and a possible beating.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bully with threats”10 letters
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