āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to threaten
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āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bully threatened to beat up the smaller kid if they did n't give him their lunch money.
āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϧāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to indicate a potential danger or risk to someone or something
Transitive: to threaten sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic downturn threatened the stability of many businesses.
āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to show signs or provide a warning of something bad or harmful that may happen
Transitive: to threaten an undesirable situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud growls of the dog threatened an attack if anyone got too close.
āĻā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāύ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϏ⧠āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
threatened
threatening
threatening
threaten
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