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.
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(241) The union threatened strike action if its demands were not met.
(242) The teacher threatened to confiscate their Yo Yos if they kept playing in class.
(243) Doctors are sometimes threatened with violence if they don't do what patients want.
(244) The striking farmers threatened to prevent movement of goods across the country.
(245) His father threatened to throw him out, but he knew it was an empty threat.
(246) City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.
(247) The association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks and building societies refuse to play ball.
(248) He threatened to come round and kick my head in.
(249) The judge halted the trial when it emerged witnesses had been threatened.
(250) I tried all manner of different approaches - I wheedled, threatened, demanded(http://sentencedict.com/threatened.html), cajoled.
(251) People are only mean when they are threatened. Mitch Albom
(252) The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. John F. Kennedy
(253) Religion is a sanctuary for those who are insecure and threatened by the complexities and uncertainties of life. Dr T.P.Chia
(254) If you're a strong man, you shouldn't feel threatened by strong women. Barack Obama
(255) One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Ralph Waldo Emerson
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