Similar words: threaten, threat, thread, threadlike, shortened, frightened, straitened, enlightened. Meaning: ['θretn] 
adj. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered.
adj. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered. 
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(31) They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
(32) The country has been threatened with complete isolation from the international community unless the atrocities stop.
(33) The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.
(34) He'd threatened to divorce her but I never thought he'd go through with it.
(35) The hijackers threatened to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met.
(36) They threatened to sue if the work was not completed.
(37) He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
(38) When she threatened to report us, she was in dead earnest.
(39) Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes in working methods.
(40) The director has threatened to give his resignation in to the Board.
(41) Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill.
(42) The government has threatened to take military action if the rebels do not withdraw from the area.
(43) Mass violence threatened to unsettle the very foundations of government.
(44) Milk rounds are threatened as customers switch to buying from supermarkets.
(45) The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
(46) He threatened to bring a private prosecution against the doctor.
(47) He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town.
(48) She threatened to walk off the film set because of the conditions.
(49) He says he was physically threatened in an attempt to get him to sign over his rights.
(50) Our greatest fear is not from our lack of, but because we have extraordinary strength. Let us often threatened not our weaknesses, but our strengths.
(51) NATO threatened drastic action if its terms were not met.
(52) The panic rising in his throat threatened to choke him.
(53) He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison.
(54) The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.
(55) The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released.
(56) Their landlord has threatened to send in the bailiffs if they don't pay their rent.
(57) His father threatened to beat the boy if he stole again.
(58) Our marriage was constantly threatened by his other women.
(59) he women have threatened to strike against unequal pay.
(60) The opposition threatened a campaign of civil disobedience.
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