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UK
/θɹˈɛt/
]
[ US /ˈθɹɛt/ ]
[ US /ˈθɹɛt/ ]
NOUN
-
declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
his threat to kill me was quite explicit -
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
they were under threat of arrest -
something that is a source of danger
earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan -
a person who inspires fear or dread
he was the terror of the neighborhood
How To Use threat In A Sentence
- I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
- His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
- The threatened uniform typically consists of a khaki military tunic with trousers, though in Scottish regiments the trousers are usually tartan or replaced by a kilt.
- He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- It helped her defuse a life-threatening situation in the Himalayas, when she and her friends were confronted by knife-carrying attackers.
- I do not pretend to know what combination of threats and cajolements they offered, but they obviously succeeded.
- The threat to foreign contractors has escalated in the past month following a series of kidnappings and murders.
- Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
- They are a technically reliable threat of last resort to discourage a foe from pressing too hard or threatening national survival.
- Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.
