threat

[Threat]

A threat is an impending danger that has the potential to cause serious harm it just hasn't done so yet. In The Wizard of Oz, the huge tornado that spiraled across the Kansas countryside posed a threat to the little girl named Dorothy in its path.

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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.

Noun
declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

Noun
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

Noun
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

Noun
something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"


n.
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

n.
To threaten.


Threat

Threat , n. [AS. re'a0t, akin to 'bere'a2tan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. rj'd3ta to fail, want, lack, Goth. usriutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.] 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.

Threat

Threat, v. t. & i. [OE. reten, AS. re'a0tian. See Threat, n.] To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.
Of all his threating reck not a mite.
Our dreaded admiral from far they threat.

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.

To threaten.

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Usage Examples

As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.

America won the Cold War by protecting our strategic resources from the threat of foreign control. We must bring the same attitude to our trade relationship with China.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

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Other Usage Examples

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, it's benign... but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody.

From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

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