threaten
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It was idiotic to threaten -- threaten the guy.
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- transitive verb To express a threat against.
- transitive verb To be a source of danger to; menace.
- transitive verb To give signs or warning of; portend.
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- As he went so far as to threaten, the latter replied, "You seem to think you have handcuffs always in your pockets." — Recollections of the private life of Napoleon
- Arriving there I was foolish enough to threaten, and say my comrades had means of letting the United States Government know, and that a battleship would teach the gaolers of the rock better manners. — A Rock in the Baltic
- Chaos will always threaten, and order often requires all that we have to give. — The Death of Chaos
- Korrin emerged from the cave and summoned Thuro. — Ghost King
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It was idiotic to threaten -- threaten the guy.
— CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2001
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- from Middle English thretnen; from threat + -en.
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/ (thrĕtˈn)/
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