Verb threaten has 3 senses
- endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril - pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
--1 is one way to exist, be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- threaten - to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
--2 is one way to warn
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot threaten Sue
- threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
--3 is one way to bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
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