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- pronunciation:
- thre
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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verb |
| inflections: |
threatens, threatening, threatened |
| definition: |
to say that you will harm or punish some person or group if something that you demand is not done.
After the man threatened her, the bank employee gave him the money.- similar words:
- challenge, provoke, warn
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| related words: |
frighten |
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| derivations: |
threateningly (adv.), threatener (n.) |
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