"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
  • "But I understand that she has repeatedly threatened to do so?"
  • And a person who repeatedly threatened the safety of others had to be stopped.
  • They repeatedly threatened to score again during a late power play.
  • The president has repeatedly threatened to declare a state of emergency.
  • He had been placed in an institution for repeatedly threatening to kill her.
  • Tolstoy, for his part, repeatedly threatened to run away from home.
  • When he repeatedly threatened to kill other soldiers, they took it as a joke.
  • She has been repeatedly threatened by many involved persons but keeps on her actions.
  • The author said that she had been repeatedly threatened with rape since making her complaints.
  • Throughout this period the President and his advisers had repeatedly threatened to veto the bill.
(6) publicly, personally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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