increasing threat

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandthreat

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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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 ofincreaseandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Quite the contrary: during 1995-6 they came underincreasingthreatfrom both so-called 'autochthonous ' populations and public officials.
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Although the more inaccessible mid-altitude forest (at about 1000 m) is relatively common in its pristine state, it too is underincreasingthreat.
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This concern was fuelled by a growing sense that the emergent system of credit and commerce was underincreasingthreat.
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Sadly for linguistics, the indigenous languages of this vast area continue to remain among the world's most incompletely documented even as many of them fall underincreasingthreatof extinction.
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There is anincreasingthreatto the environment, and there have been delays in the clearing up of dereliction.
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We know that they will pose anincreasingthreatif their development is allowed to continue.
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That is anincreasingthreat, so we need to develop a more nationally co-ordinated response to combat it.
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There is no doubt that planting without grant will become anincreasingthreatin the future.
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This whole field is one where continual research and development is necessary to meet theincreasingthreat.
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They must realise that they have gone too far and are worried about theincreasingthreatof social disruption within the inner cities.
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Unemployment is anincreasingthreatto marital stability.
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At the present time, economic growth and fighting theincreasingthreatof unemployment are a hundred times more important than climate change issues.
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They are small enough, but they are becoming anincreasingthreat.
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At present, yes, but we are devoting considerable resources to enhancing our air defence capability in the face of anincreasingthreat.
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It recently carried some good articles on the liner conference system, and theincreasingthreatto it.
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There is no atmosphere in the country that we are under a very real andincreasingthreatat present.
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Increasing sophistication and a rapidlyincreasingthreatare developing.
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Workers attached to international humanitarian organisations are underincreasingthreat.
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