"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(2) security, stability, peace
Kolokacji: 3
(5) violence, force, consequence
Kolokacji: 3
1. threaten violence = zagroź przemocy threaten violence
2. threaten force = zagroź sile threaten force
  • But the Europeans are not good at credibly threatening force.
  • Iran should not threaten force, he said, particularly against a smaller, friendly neighbor.
  • Last year, the seven nations were far more explicit in threatening armed force to keep the former Yugoslavia together.
  • On occasion we've had to threaten military force and Saddam has backed down.
  • Mr. Kostunica understood he had to be seen to threaten force, but could not use it.
  • But threatening force to clear the skies of Serbian planes would cross a new threshold.
  • This could be combined with the resolution threatening force if no settlement is reached.
  • But there is typically a challenge to that view, especially when the resolution does not explicitly threaten military force.
  • Lydia had threatened force to get Matt to return to the living room.
  • Governments could either front protection money, cough up ransom or threaten force.
3. threaten consequences = zagroź konsekwencjom threaten consequences
(10) sanction, resignation, message
Kolokacji: 3
(12) ability, power, plan, vision
Kolokacji: 4
(13) safety, area
Kolokacji: 2
(14) suicide, layoff
Kolokacji: 2
(16) child, creator, son
Kolokacji: 3
(17) future, others
Kolokacji: 2
(19) rain, journalist, snow
Kolokacji: 3
(21) letter, civilization
Kolokacji: 2
(23) democracy, value
Kolokacji: 2
(24) wife, bird
Kolokacji: 2
(25) thousands, millions
Kolokacji: 2
(26) punishment, fines, penalty
Kolokacji: 3
(27) secession, withdrawal
Kolokacji: 2
(28) Microsoft
Kolokacji: 1
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 • ...

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