threatened in English

verb
1
state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done.
the unions threatened a general strike
verb

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2. He probably felt threatened.

3. They threatened me with violence.

4. They were threatened with excommunication.

5. They fabricated evidence and threatened witnesses.

6. The old man fumed and threatened.

7. Its conservation status is near-threatened.

8. They threatened to ban the book.

9. 27 The peasants threatened to revolt.

10. It is threatened by water pollution.

11. They threatened to discontinue buying it.

12. Cheetahs are considered a threatened species

13. * Rural and coastal livelihoods are threatened.

14. Islamist militants threatened to kill her.

15. He threatened to call the police.

16. Those who feel threatened band together.

17. Bilbo’s Southern allies threatened a filibuster

18. I threatened them with public exposure.

19. Please, no!She threatened my son!

20. California Man Admits He Threatened Baseball Players

21. Northern Abalone Designated Threatened in April 1999.

22. Lawyers threatened a boycott of the courts.

23. The headmaster threatened the boys with expulsion.

24. He threatened the boy with a beating.

25. Many species are now threatened with extinction.

26. Workers have threatened to withdraw their labour .

27. He's threatened to call in the police.

28. The threatened strike has been called off.

29. Our freedom was threatened by press censorship.

30. They killed my dog, threatened my family.

31. P. dissitiflorus is threatened by habitat loss.

32. He was threatened with a papal interdict.

33. The hospital has been threatened with closure.

34. My attacker threatened me with a gun.

35. Hutts felt threatened at a subliminal level.

36. With their trade threatened, the silversmiths rioted.

37. If Okinawa falls the homeland is threatened.

38. Mothers will charge if they feel threatened.

39. They broke my windows and threatened me.

40. His dictatorship was threatened by his opponents.

41. A threatened blow is seldom given. 

42. The attacker threatened them with a gun.

43. They threatened to burn down our house.

44. Dad threatened to stop my pocket money.

45. They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun.

46. Injury threatened to wreck his sporting career.

47. Palestinian leaders threatened to Boycott the talks

48. 16 A gang of scamps threatened us.

49. The whole country is threatened with starvation.

50. They threatened him with expulsion from school.