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, 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. President Trump:

   Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault, he doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don’t threaten people Joe!

2. Jose Castaneda:

   It would further threaten global supply chains, leading to higher prices for the electronic devices people rely on every day and even the loss of American jobs.

3. Brian Hook:

   Under the cover of the Syrian war, the IRGC is now trying to plant military roots in Syria and establish a new strategic base to threaten Syria's neighbors such as Israel, in Iraq, I can announce today, based on declassified US military reports, that Iran is responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American service members. This accounts for 17 percent of all deaths of US personnel in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. This death toll is in addition to the many thousands of Iraqis killed by the IRGC's proxies.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   One of our goals has been to limit Russia's ability to do something like this again, as Defense Lloyd Austin said. That's why we are arming the Ukrainians with weapons and equipment to defend themselves from Russian attacks, and it's why we are using sanctions and export controls that are directly targeted at Russia's defense industry to undercut Russia's economic and military power to threaten and attack its neighbors.

5. Noam Chomsky:

   The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.