Threat

Definition

threat /θret/ n ၁။ [C] ~ (to do sth) ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္မႈ။ ႀကိမ္းဝါးျခင္း။ make/ utter threats (against sb) ❍ a death threat ❍ They did not carry out their threat to cut off the water-supply. ၂။ (က) [U, C usu sing ] ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ျခင္း။ ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ မႈ။ The factory is under threat / facing the threat of closure. ❍ a country under the constant threat of flooding. (ခ) [C usu sing ] ဒုကၡေပးမည့္ဟန္။ a strong team but no threat to the current leaders ❍ Terrorism is/ poses a threat to the whole country.

Examples

1. [threat to] : Officials were confident there had been no threat to public health.
2. A threat to freedom/democracy
3. [pose a threat] : The dispute poses a direct threat (=is a threat) to peace.
4. She is not viewed as a threat by her former employer.
5. [threat to] : He saw the other man as a real threat to his marriage.
6. [threat of] : Constant threat of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.
7. The threat of full-scale war has not been averted.
8. [face a threat] : They face the threat of terrorism every day.
9. [make/issue a threat] : He would not make threats he wasn’t prepared to carry out.
10. [threat of] : After threats of legal action they stopped the building work.
11. [an idle/empty threat] : This isn’t just an idle threat.
12. [a bomb threat] : A bomb threat forced them to make an emergency landing.
13. [death threats] : He had received death threats.