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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(61) The project is seriously threatened by rate-capping.
(62) They threatened to tow away my car.
(63) He threatened stiffer penalties on young offenders.
(64) Lawyers threatened a boycott of the courts.
(65) His anxieties threatened to unbalance his mind.
(66) He threatened to go public with the slander.
(67) They threatened to exile her in southern Spain.
(68) He threatened to give her a whipping.
(69) They simply threatened to filibuster until the Senate adjourns.
(70) She threatened him with a gun.
(71) The whole country is threatened with starvation.
(72) The hospital has been threatened with closure.
(73) The company has threatened to dock the officers' pay.
(74) She threatened the children with a walloping.
(75) The United States threatened military action against Iraq.
(76) We've always been marginalized, exploited, and constantly threatened.
(77) The branch line is threatened with closure.
(78) Journalists covering the case have been threatened and abused.
(79) He threatened to take them to court.
(80) They have threatened us with legal action.
(81) He threatened to cut my hair off.
(82) Commercial peat extraction is destroying many threatened habitats.
(83) She threatened to sue the magazine for libel. Sentencedict.com
(84) She had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide.
(85) The headmaster threatened the boys with expulsion.
(86) He's threatened to call in the police.
(87) She threatened to burn the house down.
(88) Hundreds of lives were threatened when the building collapsed.
(89) She threatened to take legal action against the hospital.
(90) A knee injury threatened to ruin her Olympic hopes.
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