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threaten Verb 1. to express a threat to (someone): he threatened John with the sack 2. to be a threat to: he was worried about anything that might threaten the health of his child 3. to be a menacing indication of (something): the early summer threatened drought threatening adj
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threaten verb 1. intimidate, bully, menace, terrorize, warn, cow, lean on (slang) pressurize, browbeat, make threats to << OPPOSITE defend verb 2. endanger, jeopardize, put at risk, imperil, put in jeopardy, put on the line << OPPOSITE protect Translationsthreaten [ˈθrɛtn] vi (storm) → minacciare vt to threaten sb with sth/to do → minacciare qn, con qc/di fare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Undoubtedly, some day or other Gryphus will attack me in a manner painful to my self-respect, or to my love, or even threaten my personal safety. Almost each morning a letter from my owners would arrive, directing me to go to the charterers and clamour for the ship's cargo; to threaten them with the heaviest penalties of demurrage; to demand that this assortment of varied merchandise, set fast in a landscape of ice and windmills somewhere up-country, should be put on rail instantly, and fed up to the ship in regular quantities every day. Now threaten me with the finger as mothers threaten; now smile upon me as mothers smile; now say just: "Who was it that like a whirlwind once rushed away from me? |
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