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threatened

adjective as in endangered

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The program would steal Tesla’s files and threaten to release the data unless an enormous ransom was paid.

State authorities did not say Blake threatened anyone with a knife.

From Fortune

At least 330 structures have been destroyed in the CZU Lightning Complex fire, with thousands more threatened.

Northern California is fighting off a a series wildfires that have scorched 771,000 acres and continue to threaten parts of the state.

From Fortune

Speaking of those impacted by the coronavirus …We hosted a virtual town hall Wednesday to discuss what the fall will look like for students and how new private options threaten to exacerbate the achievement gaps that already exist.

When the man threatened to report him for harassment to the NOPD, Farrell arrested him.

We see the Southern segregationists who threatened his life and that of his family on an almost daily basis.

More recently, Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 female students and threatened to traffic them.

To give the truth its rights, you have to see that groups like TMOC were threatened by peaceful protest.

“Firestorms Will Rain on the Headquarters of War,” the title threatened.

The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.

It was no surprise since he had been threatened with such for many months, he regarded it therefore as unavoidable.

The fact that her fortune was vaguely threatened did not cause her anxiety: she scarcely realized it.

Lawrence and Dan were told of the danger that threatened Fulton, and they determined to accompany Guitar in his expedition.

He was threatened with erysipelas, and there was a rather critical inflammation of the left eye.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to threatened, such as: exposed, vulnerable, imperiled, jeopardized, warned, and in danger.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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