The volcanic eruption threatened the village.
Source: tatoeba (23845)
Threatened
/ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
Synonyms for "threatened" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Verb(9 words)
Strong matches (18)
Adjective(2 words)
endangered cohortendangered species
Noun(1 words)
endangered spanish animal
exposedforeshadowedforeshownforetokenedimperiledin a bad wayin a predicamentin dangerin desperate casein extremis
Verb(5 words)
Related words (31)
Verb(17 words)
in perilintimidateintimidatedjeopardizemenacemenacedparticipial adjectivepast participle formperil statusperiledpotential victimrisk designationrisk statusrisk targetterrorizedunder threatunsafe
Related word relations
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21 entriesacute dangerendangerendangered labelendangered speciesimperiljeopardizepast participle usagesevere risktargetthreaten legal actionthreaten sanctionsthreaten violencethreatened activistthreatened ecosystemthreatened habitatthreatened minority
Showing 16 of 21 words.
Collocations
13 entriescredible threatenvironmentally threatenedimminent threatserious threatthe threatenedthreatened designationthreatened habitatthreatened habitatsthreatened populationthreatened populationsthreatened speciesthreatened statusunder threat
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
That country has openly threatened to go nuclear.
Source: tatoeba (47873)
Rev. King and his supporters were threatened.
Source: tatoeba (63068)
Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes.
Source: tatoeba (237976)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.