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threat



Pronunciation: (thret), [key]
—n.
1. a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
2. an indication or warning of probable trouble: The threat of a storm was in the air.
3. a person or thing that threatens.

—v.t., v.i.
Archaic.to threaten.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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