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threatened

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threat·ened  (thrtnd)
adj. Ecology
At risk of becoming endangered. Used of a plant or an animal.
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Adj.1.threatened - (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
vulnerable - susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"


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The Swan, threatened with death, burst forth into song and thus made himself known by his voice, and preserved his life by his melody.
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They wanted to get into his house under pretense of taking him to the camp; but he, without being frightened by their number, threatened death to the first who should cross the threshold of his door, and as there was one who did venture, the Frenchman stretched him on the earth with a pistol-shot.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
, when war threatened between Austria and Italy, the socialists of Italy, Austria, and Hungary held a conference at Trieste, and threatened a general strike of the workingmen of both countries in case war was declared.
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