"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
2. especially threaten = szczególnie zagroź especially threaten
3. greatly threatened = znacznie zagrozić greatly threatened
  • "It is threatened greatly by further development - whether it be the expansion of a marina, the re-routing of a road or construction of new homes," Mr. Backer said.
  • America's two biggest agricultural exports - corn and soybeans - could be greatly threatened by the new regulations to label the product, industry officials say.
  • The Sunda slow loris is greatly threatened by the pet trade, and is sold as an exotic pet throughout southeast Asia.
  • The leader of the Spaniards was Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon, whose realm was greatly threatened by the Moors to the south.
  • The park was added 1989 IUCN/CNNPA register of threatened protected areas of the world, for its integrity being threatened greatly by overexploitation of its resources.
  • The remaining Socotra fauna is greatly threatened by goats and other introduced species, as well as climate change.
  • Destruction of habitat, suppression of fire, development of cattle pastures and use of chemical herbicides have greatly threatened these plants.
  • This population is greatly threatened as the habitat is "scheduled to be cleared for development".
  • "And that has been greatly threatened."
  • Greatly threatened by their ambitious and vindictive external neighbors, the towns banded together under the Patent of 1643/4, recognizing their corporate existence, and compelling recognition from their neighbors as well.
(10) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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