"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
(6) publicly, personally
Kolokacji: 2
  • He has personally threatened to do so in the sheriff's office.
  • I know it definitely helped my play when he personally threatened me.
  • Residents here did not feel personally threatened by the sniper attacks, of course.
  • When they personally threaten to effect you they are meaningful and real.
  • Mr. Prince's management has personally threatened me with death and violence.
  • Still, it is clear that she is not personally threatened.
  • De Groot was personally threatened and had to move about under militia escort.
  • In some of the violent demonstrations Ras was repeatedly threatened personally.
  • In 2012, Mora was personally threatened at gunpoint "to back off and stop the walks".
  • That's cold comfort for the dozens bereaved, but should offer some perspective to those millions feeling personally threatened.
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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