threats

NOUN

warning; danger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackmail hazard intimidation menace peril risk

STRONG

bluff commination fix foreboding foreshadowing fulmination impendence omen portent presage thunder

WEAK

writing on the wall

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certainty safety surety

Example Sentences

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The Tackling State Threats Bill will give the home secretary the power to ban organisations that are part of other countries' state apparatus, in the same way that she can currently ban terrorist groups.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The estimable Fred Kagan of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute says the “optimal end game” for the U.S. now is to prove it can reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Nicholas Carl, with the Critical Threats Project, said the pattern indicates the campaign is already underway to set the conditions for a revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Threats of export restrictions by China, which dominates global rare- earth production, and deals mitigating those threats have led to significant volatility.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Threats to enlist that winter were always declaimed like Brinker’s, with a grinding of back teeth and a flashing of eyes; I had already heard plenty of them.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles