"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
  • Everyone is convinced that they killed the victim, and had publicly threatened him.
  • The students and guests at the event were publicly threatened by University administration if they participated in protest.
  • China has publicly threatened to issue counter-sanctions against American goods.
  • Mr. Evans threatened publicly to sue him but never did.
  • During the trial Zannino publicly threatened, and later apologized to the jurors.
  • They threatened to stone her family publicly if she refused to sign a declaration of loyalty to the Taliban and their laws.
  • Idgie is immediately a suspect, as she had publicly threatened violence against him for beating Ruth.
  • China has not threatened publicly to cut off oil supplies, and it has resisted imposing economic sanctions.
  • He publicly threatened you in court, in front of two dozen witnesses, making him a prime suspect.
  • Village authorities then began to publicly threaten villagers.
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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