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threat threat definition

threat


 
  Grep  of  noun  threat 
  threat 
  threatened  abortion 
 
  Overview  of  noun  threat 
 
  The  noun  threat  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  menace,  threat  --  (something  that  is  a  source  of  danger;  "earthquakes  are  a  constant  threat  in  Japan") 
  2.  (4)  threat  --  (a  warning  that  something  unpleasant  is  immanent;  "they  were  under  threat  of  arrest") 
  3.  (4)  threat  --  (declaration  of  an  intention  or  a  determination  to  inflict  harm  on  another;  "his  threat  to  kill  me  was  quite  explicit") 
  4.  terror,  scourge,  threat  --  (a  person  who  inspires  fear  or  dread;  "he  was  the  terror  of  the  neighborhood") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  threat 
  threatened 
  threatening 
 
  Overview  of  noun  threat 
 
  The  noun  threat  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  menace,  threat  --  (something  that  is  a  source  of  danger;  "earthquakes  are  a  constant  threat  in  Japan") 
  2.  (4)  threat  --  (a  warning  that  something  unpleasant  is  immanent;  "they  were  under  threat  of  arrest") 
  3.  (4)  threat  --  (declaration  of  an  intention  or  a  determination  to  inflict  harm  on  another;  "his  threat  to  kill  me  was  quite  explicit") 
  4.  terror,  scourge,  threat  --  (a  person  who  inspires  fear  or  dread;  "he  was  the  terror  of  the  neighborhood") 



threat definition