Synonyms for threatened
threat·ened

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1. threatenedadjective

   (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

   "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

   Antonyms:
   invulnerable

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1. List of paraphrases for "threatened":

   endangered, threat, jeopardized, threats, threatening, jeopardised, menacées, vowed, compromised, extirpated, danger

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1. Torbjorn Soltvedt:

   Today’s attack comes only days after Iran-backed groups threatened to strike against Abu Dhabi in response to alleged Emirati interference in Iraqi politics, the attack is another reminder of the highly complex missile and drone threat faced by the UAE and the region’s other main oil producers.

2. Jeffrey Butts:

   I'm Jeffrey Butts. I'm going to stop, I don't feel threatened, there are people whose rational expectation is that( the stop) puts them in danger. They're going to have different response. It's amazing to me that we haven't confronted that and individual police officers don't think about that. They're just shocked and angered by someone daring to not comply.

3. Ed Miliband:

   This is nothing less than a once in a generation fight about who our country works for, it is a choice between a Tory plan where only a few at the top can succeed and our public services are threatened. Or a Labour plan that puts working people first, deals with the deficit and protects our NHS.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   We will not flinch when our interests are threatened. Yet we do not seek confrontation, let me be clear :... I am committed to pursuing a constructive, stable relationship with China.

5. Oprah Winfrey:

   I think we still have to figure out a way to navigate that with each other, that we can disagree, and you can be mad at me even, but you can't speak to me the way I was spoken to and threatened.