cudgel
coerce
terrorize
terrorise
hostage
risk life and limb
frogmarch
put the frighteners on someone
threaten
forcibly
menace
God help someone
counteractant
thrust
bombard
will
press
impending
bludgeon
shake down
gunpoint
bash about
tear into
enemy
extortion
tamper
mean
coercion
self-sabotage
you and whose army
standover
witch-hunt
fetter
one will know the reason why
brushback pitch
Darth Vader
lion in the way
concuss
take up the cudgel for
shanghai
idle threat
jap
two can play that game
vandalism
poison
punishing
hooliganism
dragoon
malicious mischief
go for the throat
live dangerously
assail
offer
ride the tiger
threat
come the raw prawn
endanger
prophylaxis
have
into
threatening
sic
shotgun
gangpile
yield up
put the herd on someone
set
blackmail
head game
chain
ball and chain
feared
robbery
extortable
bullying
countertactic
incapacitate
open a can of whoop ass
jar
strike
antipositional
ratfuck
step on someone's toes
traverse
constraint
bite in the arse
flyaway
set upon
spite
retributionist
threatener
get in someone's hair
besetting
fray
give someone grief
hara-kiri
orgulous
vulnerable
chevy
gun
mean
standover
punishing
threatening
feared
extortable
antipositional
orgulous
vulnerable
forcibly
cudgel
hostage
counteractant
impending
gunpoint
enemy
extortion
coercion
witch-hunt
fetter
brushback pitch
Darth Vader
lion in the way
idle threat
vandalism
poison
hooliganism
malicious mischief
threat
prophylaxis
shotgun
head game
chain
ball and chain
robbery
bullying
countertactic
strike
traverse
constraint
flyaway
retributionist
threatener
besetting
hara-kiri
coerce
terrorize
terrorise
risk life and limb
frogmarch
put the frighteners on someone
threaten
menace
thrust
bombard
will
press
bludgeon
shake down
bash about
tear into
tamper
self-sabotage
concuss
take up the cudgel for
shanghai
jap
dragoon
go for the throat
live dangerously
assail
offer
ride the tiger
come the raw prawn
endanger
have
sic
gangpile
yield up
put the herd on someone
set
blackmail
incapacitate
open a can of whoop ass
jar
ratfuck
step on someone's toes
bite in the arse
set upon
spite
get in someone's hair
fray
give someone grief
chevy
gun
noun
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
verb
verb
- To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
verb
- To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation.
- To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- To habitually do (a given action).
- To wish, desire (something).
noun
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
verb
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- To compress, squeeze.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
noun
- A printing machine.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A publisher.
- The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
noun
- Something harmful or threatening to another
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
- A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
verb
verb
- To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
noun
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
- A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A person or thing that tamps.
adj
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Powerful; fierce; strong.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
- Difficult, tricky.
noun
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
verb
- To be of some level of importance.
- To have as intentions of a given kind.
- To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
- To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- To lament.
- To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
noun
- Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- A specific instance of coercing.
- Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
noun
- An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
- A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
- A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
verb
verb
- To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- To hit with a slingshot.
- To transfer a serviceman against their will.
noun
noun
- Something that harms a person or thing.
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- An intoxicating drink; a liquor. (note: this sense is chiefly encountered in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison ?")
verb
verb
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- present for acceptance or rejection
- agree freely
- put forward for consideration
- offer verbally
- make available for sale
- propose a payment
- produce or introduce on the stage
- present as an act of worship
- mount or put up
- make available; provide
- ask (someone) to marry you
noun
verb
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To cause to be.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
prep
- Against, especially with force or violence.
- After the start of.
- Interested in or attracted to.
- Investigating the subject (of).
- Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
- To or towards the inside of.
- Indicates transition into another form or substance.
- To or towards the region of.
- Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
noun
- Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
- The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
- Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
verb
- To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
- To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
- To verbally lay claim to (something)
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix in a border
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- locate
- disappear beyond the horizon
- adapt for performance in a different way
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- apply or start
- become gelatinous
- set in type
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- estimate
- equip with sails or masts
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- produce fruit
- arrange attractively
noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
adj
noun
- anything that acts as a restraint
- a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
- (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
- a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
- (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
- a unit of length
- a series of hills or mountains
- a linked or connected series of objects
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
verb
verb
- To harm or injure by such action.
- To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- To shock or surprise.
- Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- To preserve (food) in a jar.
noun
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- A sense of alarm or dismay.
- A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- A pint glass
noun
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
verb
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- find unexpectedly
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- A traverse board.
adj
verb
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
adv
noun
verb
- To assail or attack (someone or something); to drive (someone or something) away by attacking.
- To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
- To rub.
- Often followed by away, off, or out: to frighten or scare (someone or something) away.
- Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
- To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
- To be afraid or frightened; to fear.
- Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
- Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
- To alarm or frighten (someone or something).
- To chase (someone or something) away; to disperse.
- To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
- To make an assault or attack; also, to create a disturbance; to brawl, to fight.
noun
verb
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- To masturbate while observing and visible to a corrections officer.
- To cause to speed up.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
noun
- A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- The biceps.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- Violent blasts of wind.
- An expert.
- Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- An electron gun.
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