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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(121) Rebel sources have so far reacted cautiously to the threat.
(122) A constant threat of unemployment hangs over thousands of university researchers.
(123) It is the memory and threat of persecution that binds them together.
(124) The poisoned food has been removed from the shops and there is no threat to public health.
(125) But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.
(126) Setting off firecrackers is seen not merely as a nuisance, but also as a big threat to man's life and property.
(127) The threat of employment persuades workers to moderate their pay demands.
(128) During the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation was always on people's minds.
(129) The program is under threat of closure due to lack of funding.
(130) She muttered a threat.
(131) She left the country under threat of arrest if she returned.
(132) The forecast is for rain with the threat of thunderstorms.
(133) The threat of war is coming steadily nearer to home.
(134) She felt constrained from continuing by the threat of losing her job.
(135) The conflict is becoming a threat to stability in the region.
(136) The General's words were perceived as a threat by neighbouring countries.
(137) The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer.
(138) I want to talk today about a major threat facing our society(sentencedict.com), namely AIDS.
(139) The company is alive to the threat posed by foreign imports.
(140) His authority and, by implication, that of his management team is under threat.
(141) All the family members were thrown into awestruck silence under the threat of the gunmen.
(142) The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.
(143) Her threat to resign was implied rather than stated explicitly.
(144) This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
(145) The police cleared all the people out of the hotel after the bomb threat.
(146) One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity , said the White House took the threat very seriously.
(147) Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood.
(148) There is a very real threat that he will lose his job.
(149) As late as the 1950 s tuberculosis was still a threat.
(150) Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.
More similar words: threaten, thread, three, threshold, with regard to, with respect to, great, create, treaty, retreat, greatly, entreat, creating, creature, breathing, treatment, out of breath, break through, eat, neat, wheat, come at, leather, eat up, cheat, death, feather, throat, thrive, theater.