credible threat

collocation in English

meaningsofcredibleandthreat

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credible
adjective
uk
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/us
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/
able to be believed ...
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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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Thatcrediblethreathas to be maintained.
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It is not acrediblethreat.
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But mere possession without acrediblethreatof releasing the agents will not provide the feelings of power or security.
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Policies were instead targeted towards benefiting urban groups that posed a morecrediblethreatof political unrest.
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I ask myself whether that is acrediblethreat.
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I argue that compliance is a function of government's ability to develop appropriate institutions capable of posing a permanentcrediblethreat.
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That is, it might be objected that acrediblethreatis as much of a limit on freedom as is physical restraint.
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Since one player is physically and intellectually inferior to the other, they cannot grab, or make acrediblethreatto grab, from the stronger.
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For the supplier, however, a contract may just be one amongst many and mean it can issue acrediblethreatof hold-up.
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Similarly, thecrediblethreatof the application of such force to bring about compliance with a demand would also be thought to qualify.
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Electoral competition made the threat of a rupture on the part of one of the losing candidates a real andcrediblethreat.
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Thus industrialized countries may use emphasis on adaptation as acrediblethreatto induce developing countries to take on commitments to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.
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The key factor in successfully maintaining a negativeexpected-value suit is the ability to make acrediblethreatto do something you would prefer not to do.
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If they do not, thecrediblethreatof a supplier is one concerning liquidation, not simply exit, and can again raise the potential for hold-up problems.
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As a result, autocrats must consider how the policies they choose will be received by those groups in society that can pose acrediblethreatof unrest.
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However, diplomacy works best when it is supported by thecrediblethreatof force.
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However, it is thecrediblethreatof force that is making the difference.
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That is why we must continue to present acrediblethreatof force.
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The threat to start a nuclear war is a much lesscrediblethreat.
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We are now aware that there never was acrediblethreatfrom the eastern bloc.
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Secondly, diplomatic pressure, without the visible andcrediblethreatof force, will not bring that about.
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Therefore, their exposure to civil liability should be enhanced in order to provide acrediblethreat.
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That has changed for one reason only: acrediblethreatof force is being exercised.
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If there is acrediblethreat, there must be a credible attack.
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We knew that only a united and determined voice, backed by thecrediblethreatof force, would work.
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