Intimidate and Prevent

Intimidate

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

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

Nearby Words: intimidating, intimidation

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

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Intimidate and prevent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intimidate" instead a verb "Prevent".

character	intimidate character	prevent character
people	intimidate people	prevent people
someone	intimidate someone	prevent someone
team	intimidate team	prevent team
Other words: army, time, anyone, opponent, enemy, everyone, humans, enemies, heroes, villains.

The ruse also manages to deceive the mafioso as he is unable to intimidate the witness, as her parents were brought to the USA to prevent his associates from killing them in revenge.

Source: Series / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Intimidate or persuade options can sometimes prevent a fight from breaking out, but this trope is in full effect for anyone already flagged as hostile.

Source: Suicidal Overconfidence
But it's sometimes shown that even when he lets the bullets bounce off his chest to intimidate the crooks, he's quickly catching the ricochets to prevent casualties and collateral damage, the classic "faster than speeding bullet" always applies to Superman... Except when Kyrtonite is involved◊.

Source: Super Reflexes

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