"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

threaten verbo

threaten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 123
threaten action • threaten security • threaten one's life • threaten people • threaten the stability • threaten species • threaten violence • ...
verbo + threaten
Kolokacji: 14
threaten after rejecting • begin threatening • keep threatening • continue to threaten • stop threatening • ...
threaten + preposición
Kolokacji: 24
threatened by • threaten with • threaten to • threaten against • threaten in • ...
threaten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 52
seriously threaten • repeatedly threatened • once threaten • directly threaten • constantly threaten • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) seriously, severely, gravely
Kolokacji: 3
  • The school and its programs have been continually threatened by proposed budget cuts.
  • The wind was high, and the waves continually threatened the safety of my little skill.
  • Active war, which he lacked the means of attempting, was continually threatened.
  • In the weeks that followed, he continually threatened to remove the government if it failed to implement his demands.
  • "Pigeon Wars" continually threatens to get out of hand, and occasionally it does.
  • Her death opened a gap in his existence which threatened continually to devour him altogether.
  • The provinces, a prey to anarchy and civil war, were continually threatened with foreign invasion.
  • The weather was warm, but the air was dark with clouds that continually threatened rain.
  • My interests and interpretations - my understanding - continually threaten to burst into the open.
  • The season was winter, the cold unbearable, and wind and storm continually threatened heavy rain.
(6) publicly, personally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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