"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
  • But he occasionally threatened to move the team when efforts to build a new arena stalled.
  • Like certain long sermons, this work occasionally threatened to ramble.
  • Yet, when seen one after another in a steady succession, monotony occasionally threatened.
  • Mothers guard their eggs, threatening and occasionally even rushing at the predators that approach them.
  • Officer Blue acknowledged that uniformed police had occasionally threatened him, once at gunpoint.
  • It has often been threatened and occasionally violated.
  • Gaston's disregard for authority or even public safety are not confined to his office - they occasionally threaten the entire city.
  • Extremist groups occasionally threaten to set off bombs in market areas of major cities that are operated largely by migrant workers.
  • Mr. Cuomo would occasionally threaten to bring in "fresh blood," although he rarely did.
  • The weather threatened occasionally, and even produced some showers and thunder late in the day, but the shore was always close enough.
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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