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threaten English

Meaning threaten meaning

What does threaten mean?
Definitions in simple English

threaten Verb

— To make a threat against someone; to say that you are going to do something harmful to that person After Joe ran off with Fred's wife, Fred threatened to kill him.

threaten

— verb (= endanger) pose a threat to; present a danger to The pollution is endangering the crops — verb to utter intentions of injury or punishment against He threatened me when I tried to call the police — verb to be a menacing indication of something The clouds threaten rain Danger threatens

Synonyms threaten synonyms

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threaten English » English

menace intimidate frighten endanger terrorize scare threat warn browbeat bully terrify loom jeopardize imperil cow peril jeopardise coerce torment shout scold pressure overhang intimidation impend force extort darken bluster bluff blame blackmail beset bellow bawl yell upbraid try to intimidate terrorise tell off take someone to task startle squeeze spy speak in harsh tone scared roar rib reprove reproach

Topics threaten topics

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Conjugation threaten conjugation

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Examples threaten examples

How do I use threaten in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It will threaten the prosperity of the town.
Don't threaten me.
Solar energy does not threaten the environment.
Did Tom threaten you?
Do not threaten me.
Did you threaten Tom?
Misfortune and misery threaten you.
Tom said he heard Mary threaten to kill John.
Don't threaten me. I won't say anything.
You can't threaten me.

Movie subtitles

Like, threaten him or something.
You want me to threaten a dry cleaner?
No, we won't threaten anyone who isn't threatening us.
I'd rather have a woman threaten than whine any day.
Go on, threaten away.
Then he started to threaten me, and i lost my temper, and i told him.
I didn't threaten him, Your Honor.
Let all baleful spirits that threaten the souls of men be banished by the sprinkling of the salt.
Did he threaten her to say nothing of what occurred?
Newspapers hostile to Zola are permitted to threaten and intimidate the jury.
I've only a staff and you threaten me with a longbow and a goose shaft.
Yesterday, when I saw Ygor. I felt that something had come out of the past to threaten our happiness.
Instead, they will inspire us with an unbreakable determination to free ourselves and those who come after us from the tyranny and terror that threaten to strike us down.
Does he threaten you?
That may be true, but they threaten mankind should any reach the ground.
No, I didn't threaten her.
They would! They always threaten me.
Which star or group of stars has paid you to get rid of young talents who might threaten their fame?
When Church starts to threaten MacFay, Horn sees a chance to frame him.
You heard him threaten what he'd do if we ran off together.
Not to threaten you, Don Alejandro.
He's the man you selected from among you to defy me, to prey upon me, to threaten my life.
You don't pound the table or shout or threaten.
Why did you threaten him?
Don't you threaten me, you big baboon.
Yet I tremble before the bloodshed. that threaten so many victims.
If you still plan to threaten the Princess-- A disabled person and furthermore, one with a faint spirit, why would I want to touch her? But, compared to the Princess, shouldn't you worry about yourself?
Would you threaten the stars because you dislike your destiny?
They always threaten me.
I can handle any danger that might threaten you.
If you do anything else to threaten Thea, General. I'll forget that we've been friends.
They know how to set your nobles against you, how to buy and threaten them.
You knew Carmen was there because you had your girlfriend threaten Mrs. Rutledge.
I only meant to threaten her.
Sure they'll threaten us, but who's afraid?
Threaten them with this.

News and current affairs

Finally, unlike in Iraq, the intervention did not fundamentally rupture the inner structure of the Afghan state or threaten its very cohesion.
Extremists who hijack religion threaten governments and people everywhere.
Would Russia otherwise have dared to threaten to re-direct its nuclear missiles at European cities?
High crude oil prices make it easier for Iran to build nuclear weapons and for Russia to use energy blackmail to threaten Europe.
Remain closed, and they will find themselves hostage to the forces of intolerance that threaten the regime.
Its topography and ethnic distribution are generating autonomist and even secessionist forces that threaten national unity in more menacing ways than anywhere else.
The highest priority problem is the overall budget's medium-run outlook, as the Bush tax cuts have opened Reagan-size deficits that threaten to cripple US economic growth.
In order to ensure that the US is too harassed to be able to threaten it, Iran has consistently obstructed Bush's mission of regional transformation.
High oil prices also threaten to slow long-term productivity growth.
One can see why Uribe would threaten to leak news about the negotiations, as well as why Santos would try to preempt the leaks by going public and having them take place in the open (the talks will begin in Oslo, but will be pursued in Havana).
China must exercise the foresight needed to begin paying this debt now, when it is manageable, rather than allowing it to accumulate and, ultimately, threaten to bankrupt us all.
Failure to do so would not only create hardship for the millions of unemployed, but would also threaten political stability, which depends on the expectation of continuing economic prosperity.
Such allegedly pro-growth policies would not only fail to deliver growth; they would threaten the entire vision of China's future.
The US Federal Reserve's tough new regulations on foreign banks have spurred the European Commission to threaten retaliation.
Problems might originate at the national level, but, owing to monetary union, they quickly threaten the stability of the entire eurozone banking system.
The social changes now underway threaten their way of life, which includes discrimination against women and a ban on modern education.
A crisis sufficient to threaten the entire financial system was required to precipitate the inevitable conglomeratization.
But, even if the tens of thousands of demonstrators are unlikely to threaten the survival of Putin's regime, the Kremlin would be wise to take them seriously.
Imports of cheap Chinese goods threaten to displace regional production, particularly in labor-intensive manufacturing sectors that are finding it difficult to compete.
By contrast, in a company whose business is financial intermediation, millions of judgments are made independently, and their implications may be serious enough to threaten the entire firm.
But trade in illegal narcotics did not seriously threaten Mexico's stability or provoke conflict with the United States until the mid-1980's, when Colombian cocaine began to flood across Mexico to the US.
In turn, the most radical regional opposition groups threaten secession if the central government blocks their demands for greater self-government.
In fact, they may threaten the secondary recycling of petroleum-based plastics, owing to possible contamination during sorting of mixed streams.
Others take a flagrantly sexist stance, arguing that a woman president would be a non-starter as long as the North Korean regime continues to threaten national security.
The end of Chavismo would threaten Iran's vast interests in Venezuela and its considerable presence in the Andes, while the fall of the Assad dynasty would be a devastating blow to Iran's regional strategy.
Against that background, China's increasingly assertive territorial and maritime claims threaten Asian peace and stability.
Morales' sympathizers threaten to erect roadblocks.
Until the IMF in particular is called to task for its failures everyone risks waking up to financial shocks that undermine living standards in developing countries and threaten global stability.

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