Collocations withthreat
These are words often used in combination withthreat.
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competitive threat
These switches reflect consumers' free choice and serve as a competitive threat to the sickness funds.
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constant threat
Is not the constant threat of force the worst nightmare of friends of liberty?
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continual threat
Such hardships were attributed by the missionaries to the insecurities brought about by the continual threat of discovery and persecution.
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continuing threat
It is a continuing threat.
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credible threat
That credible threat has to be maintained.
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dangerous threat
From this perspective, cleverness is a dangerous threat to candor and friendship (sw adaqa).
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death threat
This led to derogatory phone calls to the theater, a death threat left on an answering machine, and subsequently, cancellations by five tour groups.
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deterrent threat
C is the absolute cost of making good on the deterrent threat should it fail to deter.
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direct threat
These proposals were seen as a direct threat to the autonomy of the profession.
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emerging threat
Whether as a result of the increasing volatility of the situation or the emerging threat to civic security, the authorities now took more concerted action to quell the unrest.
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environmental threat
First, the environmental threat remains.
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ever-present threat
First, there was the ever-present threat of electoral defeat.
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external threat
And in the menacing light of external threat, dissidence begins to look like treason.
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formidable threat
What exactly is left now of that formidable threat?
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genuine threat
We face a genuine threat.
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grave threat
This is a grave threat.
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greatest threat
They also experienced the greatest threat to national identity.
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growing threat
And, as a consequence, there is a growing threat of language death.
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idle threat
This proved to be an idle threat.
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immediate threat
The evocation of this emotive concept assumed an immediate threat to familial honor and integrity.
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imminent threat
There is no other imminent threat.
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implicit threat
They contain an implicit threat.
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implied threat
The proverbial stick was that of military discipline and its implied threat of corporal punishment.
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increasing threat
Quite the contrary: during 1995-6 they came under increasing threat from both so-called 'autochthonous ' populations and public officials.
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major threat
Viruses present a major threat to human health and welfare.
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mere threat
Usually, the mere threat of industrial action on the part of doctors is sufficient to resolve the situation.
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ongoing threat
Our treatment may thus be particularly effective in ongoing traumatic situations where fear of ongoing threat to safety is a prominent problem.
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perceived threat
The bivariate relationship between perceived threat in 1996 and tolerance in 1998 is entirely filtered through perceived threat in 1998.
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potential threat
The police were a potential threat.
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real threat
Spanglish is not seen as a real threat.
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serious threat
Fires pose a potentially serious threat to tropical forests.
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significant threat
These outbreaks pose a significant threat to the general population.
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specific threat
The response will depend on the specific threat.
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threat assessment
It has already started, and threat assessment definitions have been reworked with the intention of avoiding the problems of the old system.
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threat of attack
I do not believe that the creation of another independent major company will make the threat of attack even greater.
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threat of climate change
Interestingly, the market has perhaps been far more sensitive to the threat of climate change than various bodies that represent current forms of global governance.
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threat of eviction
The contract ensured high-level insecurity, threat of eviction and loss of the family home.
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threat of expulsion
If a patient is under treatment for generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder, with the threat of expulsion, the anxiety becomes real.
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threat of extinction
Thus, the existence of back mutations does not seem to rule out the threat of extinction.
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threat of imprisonment
The power of informal judicial pressure - together with the ominous threat of imprisonment, suspension, and possible deprivation - should not be underestimated.
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threat of invasion
The threat of invasion "made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan" (p. 13).
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threat of litigation
On the positive side, litigation (or rather the threat of litigation) can pose a deterrent to potential future offenders.
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threat of prosecution
On the one hand, it placed the writers and vendors of radical literature under the constant threat of prosecution.
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threat of punishment
There might be a promise of glory or a threat of punishment.
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threat of starvation
There were no services, no government, and there was a threat of starvation and disease.
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threat perception
Instead, we designed two summary items to measure threat perception.
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triple threat
There is a triple threat to the traditions of democracy.
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veiled threat
There is the veiled threat.
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