Synonym: menace, scourge, terror. Similar words: threaten, thread, three, threshold, with regard to, with respect to, great, create. Meaning: [θret] 
n. 1. something that is a source of danger 2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent 3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another 4. a person who inspires fear or dread.
n. 1. something that is a source of danger 2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent 3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another 4. a person who inspires fear or dread. 
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(31) The city is under threat from a plague of rats.
(32) I take this threat very seriously.
(33) Never submit to a threat.
(34) The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
(35) Soviet expansionism was considered a real threat.
(36) The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
(37) The threat was only a bluff.
(38) It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.
(39) She replied in a measured tone to his threat.
(40) The area remains under threat from commercial developers.
(41) His words amounted to a threat.
(42) We must league together against this threat.
(43) The threat of redundancy was still hanging over us.
(44) Do you want to submit to his threat?
(45) He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.
(46) The railway is under threat of closure.
(47) There is a real threat of war.
(48) The threat of war overhung the country.
(49) Nichols never carried out his threat to resign.
(50) She lives daily under threat of violence.
(51) Her new-found power was a threat to his manhood.
(52) This is no idle threat.
(53) Oil spills pose a serious threat to marine life.
(54) I'm not spooked for the threat.
(55) The company saw off the threat of a takeover.
(56) The riots are a threat to public order .
(57) I've never overawed by your threat.
(58) The threat of redundancy was suddenly removed.
(59) The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.
(60) His voice was soft[sentencedict.com],(sentencedict.com) yet laden with threat.
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