threaten annihilation
Frequency: 6.50.3 per million words
to warn of impending destruction
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- The two superpowers threatened each other with nuclear annihilation.
- The alien fleet threatened Earth with total annihilation if their demands were not met.
- Unchecked climate change threatens countless species with annihilation.
- The dictator threatened annihilation against any neighboring country that interfered.
- The new startup's technology threatens the established industry with economic annihilation.
- The act of threatening mutual annihilation was a cornerstone of Cold War strategy.
- A newly discovered asteroid threatens our planet with annihilation.
- He stood before the council and declared, 'We will threaten them with annihilation they cannot imagine!'
- The spread of the virus threatened the small, isolated community with annihilation.
- For decades, the constant fear of nuclear war has threatened humanity with annihilation.