Noun He was willing to use violence and threats to get what he wanted. She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right. a country under threat of civil war
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The state Senate’s minority leader, Bryan Simonaire, said Democrats are overstating the threat to Maryland posed by the overturning of Roe. Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 The British monarchy hasn’t faced such a threat, thanks in large part to victory in two world wars and deft management by Queen Elizabeth and her father, King George VI, before her. Max Colchester And Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Experts say its rhetoric around those missiles communicates a threat to proactively use them in warfare to blunt the stronger conventional forces of South Korea and the United States. Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 The screenshot, however, contained no request or threat. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 All members of the school district have been advised to change their passwords to lower the potential threat posed to them. Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 Franklin received a similar threat via mail in 1974, according to the documents. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 Major League Baseball is ready to voluntarily accept the formation of a minor league union, a key step that will lead to collective bargaining and possibly a strike threat at the start of next season. Ronald Blum, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022 While no tropical threat is coming for Florida, tropical moisture is fueling a high chance of storm activity that will be occurring over Central Florida and cooling the area down. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English thret coercion, threat, from Old English thrēat coercion; akin to Middle High German drōz annoyance, Latin trudere to push, thrust
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of threat was before the 12th century