threat
IPA: θrˈɛt
noun
- An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
- An indication of potential or imminent danger.
- A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
- (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
- (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
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Examples of "threat" in Sentences
- Their threat began to intensify.
- The terrorist threat sounds contrived.
- A threat involves the use of extortion.
- The flareup provoked threats of revenge.
- The threat was disregarded by the police.
- Poachers are more of a threat to animals.
- Threats and belligerence are not appreciated.
- The lobbyist is the real threat, not the nationalist.
- My sardonic reply to that threat was to throw his threat back in his face.
- Neither the threat to eject the soldiers nor the threat to call the police.
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