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threat
noun as in warning; danger
Strong matches
bluff, commination, fix, foreboding, foreshadowing, fulmination, impendence, omen, portent, presage, thunder
Weak match
Example Sentences
He disputed allegations made the governor of Niger state, Umar Bago, in local media that the church had defied an order to close its school after threats of attacks.
He was, however, one of the few bright lights for Liverpool against Forest, the only player posing a serious threat, although he faded.
However, they are recommendations rather than legal requirements, with the regulator hoping the threat of platforms being outed for not complying with them will compel them to act.
In the early 1960s, Ames faced fierce opposition from civic groups, who decried modernism as a threat to Balboa Park’s Spanish heart.
The Israeli military told AFP that it "issued demolition orders for several illegal buildings constructed in an unlicensed area that pose a threat to the area's security."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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