Synonyms for Threaten
ˈθrɛt nthreat·en

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1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

   pose a threat to; present a danger to

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"

   Synonyms:
   imperil, stake, threaten, venture, peril, jeopardise, endanger, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventure

2. threatenverb

   to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

   Synonyms:
   jeopardize, imperil, jeopardise, endanger, peril, menace

3. threatenverb

   to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

   "Danger threatens"

   Synonyms:
   jeopardize, imperil, jeopardise, endanger, peril, menace

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1. threatenverb

   Synonyms:
   menace, denounce, defy

2. threatenverb

   Synonyms:
   portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicate

3. threatenverb

   Synonyms:
   impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face

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1. threatenverb

   Synonyms:
   menace, augur, forebode, portend, impend, be imminent

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1. List of paraphrases for "threaten":

   endanger, threatens, threat, jeopardise, jeopardize, threatening, threats, imperil, undermine

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1. Kevin Skunes:

   Offering RIN credits, which are supposed to be derived from a domestic renewable fuel use, for ethanol exports would threaten trade markets and impact corn farmers' economic livelihoods.

2. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer:

   As we return to work under the cloud of crisis, Senate Republicans should concentrate on helping us recover from COVID-19, not confirming right-wing judges or protecting big businesses that threaten to put workers at serious risk.

3. Muslim Uighurs:

   We raise the cases of individuals like Liu Xiaobo, Xu Zhiyong, Gao Yu, Ilham Tohti, and Pu Zhiqiang, who are unjustly detained, china's increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly -- including their visa restrictions on American journalists -- are not only wrong ; they are short-sighted. She also criticized the draft foreign NGO law that China is considering, which she said would threaten.

4. Hernando Gustavo Velazquez:

   Here we have not seen any extortion, in Honduras, when they threaten to kill you for not paying for protection, they're not lying.

5. President Barack Obama:

   What we've said to them is that, 'If there are weapons delivered to factions within Yemen that could threaten navigation, that's a problem,' and we're not sending them obscure messages. We send them very direct messages about it.