"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
  • While American officials have periodically threatened to bring a trade complaint against Airbus, their European counterparts have threatened to complain about American actions.
  • The empire was advantageous to some tribes, who were periodically threatened by other Native Americans, such as the Monacan.
  • Congressmen have periodically threatened to do that, but no serious effort ever has been undertaken.
  • A year after that meeting, the Administration is still negotiating, and, while it has periodically threatened sanctions, it has never invoked them.
  • For this reason, human habitations in Big Sur are periodically threatened by fire.
  • Steinbrenner also periodically threatened privately to sue the commissioner.
  • But the political opposition had its doubts, in part because officials had also periodically threatened to change their minds about lifting the restrictions if there were a resurgence of leftist guerrilla violence.
  • It would have certified Canadian unity, periodically threatened by Quebec separatists.
  • It has never developed a weapons system it did not ultimately sell on the world market, and it has periodically threatened to sell its nuclear technology.
  • Dr. Heagarty, who relishes a good fight, is prepared to take on anyone who would think of shutting down the hospital - something that is periodically threatened.
(6) publicly, personally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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