threat
Indicates a significant and concerning danger.
Emphasizes that the danger is not imaginary or potential, but actual.
Refers to a threat of great importance or size.
A common and slightly informal way to refer to a significant threat.
A danger that might occur in the future.
A threat that is expected to happen very soon.
A threat that is clear, explicit, and immediate.
Suggests a danger that is one of several possibilities.
A specific threat to kill someone.
A threat that the speaker has no intention or ability to carry out.
A very formal way to describe a very serious threat.
A threat that a bomb has been placed somewhere.
Similar to an empty threat, suggesting it was said without serious intent.
A measure of how serious a danger is, often used by governments.
Indicates a state of being endangered.
The most common way to say someone has threatened another.
To be a source of danger or a potential problem.
Similar to 'pose a threat', meaning to be a source of danger.
To deal with or confront a danger.
To do the harmful thing that was threatened.
A more formal way to say 'make a threat', often used in news or official contexts.