[thret]
Noun
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.
Verb (used with or without object)
4. Archaic. to threaten.
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