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| VERB | 1 | threaten, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, imperil, peril | Pose a threat to |
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| 2 | threaten | To utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police" | |
| 3 | threaten | To be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain" |
| Sounds | threh'tahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Pose a threat to. Present a danger to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, imperil, peril |
| Broader | exist, be |
| Meaning | To utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police". |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
| Model | Sam cannot threaten Sue |
| Broader | warn |
| Narrower | offer |
| Meaning | To be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Danger threatens" |
| Broader | bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict |
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