imminent threat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimminentandthreat
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imminent
adjective
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈɪm.ə.nənt/
coming or likely to happen ...
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threat
noun[C]
uk/θret/us/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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(Definition ofimminentandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is no otherimminentthreat.
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That would represent animminentthreat.
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The question of theimminentthreatis very important.
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We face animminentthreat.
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Finally, the honesty and reasonableness of the defender's belief about theimminentthreatindicate that the defender is properly morally and legally motivated.
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The sense of unity created by theimminentthreatof war is one thing.
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There was an attempt to suggest animminentthreatthat did not, in fact, exist.
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I am thinking here of an emergency where there is animminentthreatto food safety.
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The first is where there is animminentthreatof injury to our nationals.
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Clearly we cannot at present foresee anyimminentthreatto this country.
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We should look to a new initiative now, while we do not face thatimminentthreat.
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The foundation of the doctrine was accepted as "imminentthreatto your nationals".
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How does one work out that there will be "imminentthreatof death or serious injury"?
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It is very difficult to establish what is animminentthreat.
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It relates to information about a serious andimminentthreatto public health or safety.
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Several sections were written underimminentthreatof harm.
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Those areas are already suffering animminentthreatas a result of the decline in farming incomes.
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I am told that 50 local education authority centres are facingimminentthreatof closure or major reductions in funding.
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As long as she is at sea and under tow theimminentthreatof pollution simply is not there.
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The forces are still in that part of the world but there is noimminentthreatof war.
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We want to be sure that what we judge to be animminentthreatis securely founded in international law.
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The doctrine arises, and that form of self-defence becomes legal, when theimminentthreatis made.
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During the week, they certainly did not have any criticism of the response to theimminentthreat.
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The material is not suitable for regular use, unless and until there is a real andimminentthreat.
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Where there is a factor of that kind which can be ascertained, one can say that there is animminentthreatof unemployment.
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