threaten
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tən
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "threaten"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to say that one is willing to damage something or hurt someone if one's demands are not met
Transitive: to threaten sb | to threaten to do sth
to threaten definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bully threatened to beat up the smaller kid if they did n't give him their lunch money.
āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϧāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to indicate a potential danger or risk to someone or something
Transitive: to threaten sth
to threaten definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic downturn threatened the stability of many businesses.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to show signs or provide a warning of something bad or harmful that may happen
Transitive: to threaten an undesirable situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud growls of the dog threatened an attack if anyone got too close.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧇āω āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

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