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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(181) He called the rioters a threat to the social order.
(182) The fighting is a major threat to stability in the region.
(183) He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign.
(184) Officials at the school say they received a bomb threat at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
(185) The students were deported because they posed a threat to national security.
(186) Government by majority rule can be a threat to minority rights.
(187) The embassy compound has been closed to the public because of a bomb threat.
(188) He is constantly on guard against any threat of humiliation.
(189) Here, too, the threat of unemployment has been looming on the horizon.
(190) If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.
(191) It was important for the president to continue his schedule, regardless of the bomb threat.
(192) The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.
(193) It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their threat to kill the hostages.
(194) The national park is under renewed threat from road-building schemes.
(195) The threat of going bankrupt is very unpleasant but it certainly concentrates the mind.
(196) The threat of jail failed to deter him from petty crime.
(197) Pack ice around Iceland was becoming a threat to navigation.
(198) Police received reports of a bomb threat at the airport at 11:28 p.m.
(199) His father threatened to throw him out,(http://sentencedict.com/threat.html) but he knew it was an empty threat.
(200) The disease is a threat to anyone who is sexually active.
(201) Certain that he was going to make good his threat to kill her, she lunged for the gun.
(202) The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.
(203) The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism.
(204) The bald man repeated his threat.
(205) Many passengers switch flight after bomb threat.
(206) The most immediate threat is to bird life.
(207) Jobs threat: Five teachers at York's Lowfield School could face redundancy unless the opted-out school can balance its books.
(208) A thinly-veiled threat of an academic Government inspectorate resulted in more open, external audit of performance in teaching and research.
(209) There is no greater threat in life than that we will be deserted, left all alone.
(210) The potential for abuse and misuse of genome and cloning technology has always been a quiet threat.
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