Criticize and Intimidate

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Criticize verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.

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Intimidate and criticize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intimidate" instead a verb "Criticize".

Intimidate verb - To make timid or fearful by or as if by threats.

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Criticize and intimidate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criticize" instead a verb "Intimidate".

Nearby Words: intimidating, intimidation

character	criticize character	intimidate character
people	criticize people	intimidate people
someone	criticize someone	intimidate someone
way	criticize way	intimidate way
Other words: government, everyone.

He resents Holmes' Brutal Honesty when they're publicly arguing about Lucas Bundsch's guilt (although Holmes was right to criticize him)—so much so that he gives Holmes and Watson's address to Bundsch, who promptly tries to intimidate them.

Source: Series / Elementary

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