Maybe the abusive partner threatens to find them and kill them if they leave.

Late this afternoon, rebels threatened to attack and kill the besieged Americans if they did not surrender their arms.

The mob left in the morning threatening to return and kill everyone in the town.

In the latter, the suspect threatened to return and kill the arresting officer, he said.

He threatened to cut Burcombe's throat or kill a member of his family if he told anyone what happened.

The real problem was with whoever threatened to burn the theater and kill people.

Matthew threatened to hurt or kill her to make her keep quiet.

To flush out a murder suspect, he threatened to burn down a house and kill all its occupants.

Then a driver threatened to come back and kill him in his sleep.

Days later, the baby's grandmother threatened to stab the mother and kill herself - all in front of a social worker.