Tra từ threatened - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

threat·en [threaten threatens threatened threatening] BrE [ˈθretn] NAmE [ˈθretn] verb
1. transitive to say that you will cause trouble, hurt sb, etc. if you do not get what you want
•~ sb They broke my windows and threatened me.
•~ sb with sth The attacker threatened them with a gun.
•He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
•~ sth The threatened strike has been called off.
•~ to do sth The hijackers threatened to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met.
•~ that… They threatened that passengers would be killed.
2. intransitive, transitive to seem likely to happen or cause sth unpleasant
• A storm was threatening.
• When war threatens, people act irrationally.
•~ to do sth This dispute threatens to split the party.
•~ sth The clouds threatened rain.
3. transitive ~ sth to be a danger to sth
Syn: ↑endanger, Syn: put at risk
• Pollution is threatening marine life.
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Word Origin:
Old English thrēatnian ‘urge or induce, especially by using threats’, from thrēat ‘oppression’, of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•I never felt threatened by him.
•Many species are now threatened with extinction.
•Our marriage was constantly threatened by his other women.
•Our way of life is gravely threatened.
•She had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide.
•She threatened him with a gun.
•social unrest which seriously threatens the stability of the whole area
•Did he ever say anything to suggest that he felt threatened, or that his life was in danger?
•Pollution along the coastline is threatening marine life.
•She claimed that the conflict was threatening stability in the region.
•The hijackers threatened to kill the passengers if their demands were not met.
•The union threatened that unless the new rules were withdrawn, they would call a strike.