"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
(7) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
  • The power play went 1 for 5 and threatened frequently.
  • Over time enrollment fell, and the school was frequently threatened with closure.
  • The police and neighbors described the man as a volatile person who would frequently threaten people with rifles.
  • And one of our fathers frequently threatened to dispense with a tree altogether.
  • They were called fascists and frequently threatened with violence.
  • It has paid about $3 billion so far, but has frequently threatened to file for bankruptcy and to cut oil production.
  • Parents frequently threatened children with 'sending them to Gehenna' if they failed to behave.
  • "Or are you attempting your frequently threatened sabotage again?"
  • Buildings at this location are frequently threatened by military occupation and counter actions of inhabitants.
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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