"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
3. indirectly threaten = okrężną drogą zagroź indirectly threaten
  • It soon became obvious, however, that the introduction of commercial television indirectly threatened the position and security of the BBC.
  • He caused you pain, and doubt, and indirectly threatened your very self.
  • Defense Department officials have sometimes indirectly threatened action against targets like a chemical weapons plant under construction by Libya at Tarhuna, near Tripoli.
  • Qa4, White indirectly threatens the e5-pawn by pinning the knight.
  • As such, attacks on these systems may directly or indirectly threaten public health and safety.
  • "Many of us are still being directly or indirectly threatened."
  • Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has been indirectly threatening his own Shia allies.
  • Business leaders in Miami say that reimposing duties on Colombian flowers would directly jeopardize 5,400 jobs in southern Florida and indirectly threaten another 10,000.
  • Overall, there were mixed messages: while indirectly threatening the use of force it also placed hopes that the conflict could be solved via diplomatic means.
  • Morales indirectly threatened retaliation against the ambassador for interference with Bolivia's government.
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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