threatening phone

collocation in English

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threatening
adjective
uk
/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ/
expressing a threat of something unpleasant ...
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phone
noun
uk
/fəʊn/us
/foʊn/
a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a ...
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(Definition ofthreateningandphonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He started to bombard his own solicitor withthreateningphonecalls and letters.
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A pandemonium of protests, petitions, and demonstrations escalated into hate mail,threateningphone calls, threatened lawsuits, and countless incendiary editorials.
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Stehlin subsequently receivedthreateningphonecalls.
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The research has emphasised the importance of carefully monitoring the effects of the new technology on reducing obscene andthreateningphonecalls.
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Many of these people are unable to return to their homes, and have continued to receivethreateningphonecalls.
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He is reported to have receivedthreateningphonecalls at home.
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To date, there have been some 103 reported cases of intimidation,threateningphonecalls and daubing of houses and about 17 arrests.
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Numerous reports have talked about the victims receivingthreateningphonecalls.
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According to her family, she had received severalthreateningphonecalls very shortly before her death.
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This led to his family receivingthreateningphonecalls.
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Thugo then makes athreateningphonecall to the president with his demands, only to foolishly realized he dialed the wrong number.
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At home one evening, he finds the people who had made thethreateningphonecalls, who offer him $50,000 for his home.
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Susi is very frustrated by the incidents at her home and thethreateningphonecall.
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She received severalthreateningphonecalls during the investigation.
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Would a cell phone carrier feel responsible when somebody receives athreateningphonecall?
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At the same time, she began receiving lewd andthreateningphonecalls from an anonymous stalker.
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Meanwhile, her family receivedthreateningphonecalls and her father's concrete business was essentially lost due to the repercussions from white supremacists.
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There he is harassed bythreateningphonecall from a veiled assailant who says he is not fit to be a judge.
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