THREAT
\θɹˈɛt], \θɹˈɛt], \θ_ɹ_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of THREAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
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declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
By Princeton University
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a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
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declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
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a warning that something unpleasant is immanent; "they were under threat of arrest"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
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To threaten.
By Oddity Software
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The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
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To threaten.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, loss, or pain on another; menace; denunciation.
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