"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
  • Whatever else might be true, their physical safety did not seem immediately threatened.
  • "Or rather, you can't trust them to go across, since they might run away if not immediately threatened."
  • They do not say their way of life, or businesses, are immediately threatened.
  • Plus, no lives are immediately threatened by the situations, police say.
  • Iraq immediately threatened again to cut off oil production if the extension is adopted.
  • The owners' stance does not immediately threaten the April 2 start of the season.
  • No, Amanda thought, willing back the tears that immediately threatened.
  • He was not immediately threatened; there was just the chance of attack.
  • Quick scan around, nothing immediately threatening, it would seem Hmm.
  • The Erb, feeling most immediately threatened despite his shield, was first to act.
3. indirectly threaten = okrężną drogą zagroź indirectly threaten
4. imminently threatened = nieuchronnie zagrozić imminently threatened
(6) publicly, personally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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