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THREAT
threat
(noun) declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; “his threat to kill me was quite explicit”
threat
(noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; “they were under threat of arrest”
terror, scourge, threat
(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread; “he was the terror of the neighborhood”
menace, threat
(noun) something that is a source of danger; “earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Threat (plural Threats)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Threat is the 31656th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 730 individuals. Threat is most common among Black/African American (80.68%) and White (12.19%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're
Etymology 1
Noun
threat (plural threats)
An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Usage notes
Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible
Etymology 2
Verb
threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
(transitive) To press; urge; compel.
(transitive, archaic) To threaten.
(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
Anagrams
• Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're
Source: Wiktionary
Threat, n. Etym: [AS. , akin to a to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. to fail, want, lack, Goth. us to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.]
Definition: The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.
Threat, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. , AS. . See Threat, n.]
Definition: To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer. Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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