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12-Nov-2019 01:33
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Browbeat suggests the persistent application of highhanded, disdainful, or imperious tactics: browbeating a witness.Cow implies bringing out an abject state of timorousness and often demoralization: a dog that was cowed by abuse.Intimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.Intimidation can also be a civil offense, in addition to a criminal offense, in some U.
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