Collocations for "threat"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "threat" in context.
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threat
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- there is a [terrorist, security, safety, flood, weather] threat
- made [a veiled, a weak, an empty, an intimidating] threat
- a [serious, dangerous, significant, direct, real, major] threat
- a [possible, potential] threat (of)
- [warned] about the threat (of)
- [warn, advise] of a threat
- the [government, population, company] was [warned] of the threat
- [detect, mitigate, prevent, spot] threats
- anything that [constitutes, supposes, is considered] a threat
- [anything, anybody, anyone] considered a threat
- [accused, guilty of, charged with] making death threats
- (has) received death threats
- made threats to [reveal, disclose, expose, tell]
- a threat to [my safety, the economy]
- a threat to [society, democracy, freedom, our way of life]
- the [region, area, system] is under threat
- under threat from [Ebola, terrorist groups]
- under (the) threat of death
- the threat of [cancer, diseases, epidemics, outbreaks, violence]
- living under the threat of [nuclear war, terrorism, attacks]
- that's not a threat, it's a promise
'threat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
actual
- alert
- alive
- arm
- aware
- bomb
- bow
- clarity
- compel
- conception
- constant
- constitute
- couch
- creeping
- detect
- detection
- dire
- dismiss
- ever
- genuine
- global
- guard
- hoax
- immediate
- impending
- implied
- lingering
- lip
- looming
- lurking
- marker
- national
- oblivious
- ominous
- pale
- perceive
- perceived
- population
- pose
- possible
- potential
- prospect
- realization
- reckless
- recording
- remove
- retaliation
- retreat
- safety
- seemingly