made timid or fearful as by threats

The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning, The destructive agent in a thunder-storm; a discharge of lightning; a thunderbolt, An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation, verb_ be the case that thunder is being heard, to make or produce a loud noise, utter words loudly and forcefully, transitive verb_ To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation, intransitive verb_ To produce thunder, To produce sounds like thunder, To utter loud, vociferous remarks or threats

Plural form of threat

Making or implying threats, Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished, Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening, noun_ An act of threatening; a threat, The act of one who threatens; a threat; a menace; a menacing, verb_ Present participle of threaten

Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship, a refusal to speak when expected, the absence of sound, verb_ keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure, To block gene expression, transitive verb_ To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching, To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush, To put to rest; to quiet, intransitive verb_ To make silent or bring to silence, To curtail the expression of; suppress, Genetics To interfere with the expression of (a gene or gene segment) so that its biological function is suppressed

A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles, In the United states before the abolition of slavery, a secret arrangement for enabling slaves to escape Info tree territory, by passing them along from one point of concealment to another till they reached Canada or some other place of safety, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives, verb_ compel by coercion, threats, or crude means, transport by railroad, supply with railroad lines, transitive verb_ Colloq., U. S. To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly, To transport via railroad, To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution, intransitive verb_ To convict (an accused person) without a fair trial or on trumped-up charges, To supply (an area) with railroads

A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon, Games A card game in which the object is to accumulate cards with a higher count than that of the dealer but not exceeding 21, verb_ exert pressure on someone through threats

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats), transitive To frighten or subdue with threats or a show of force synonym_ intimidate, To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe, noun_ a large unpleasant woman, mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull', female of domestic cattle,