direct threat

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandthreat

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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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 ofdirectandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect threat

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These proposals were seen as adirectthreatto the autonomy of the profession.
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It is not underdirectthreat.
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It may provide adirectthreat.
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There is nodirectthreatto human health.
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These charges are adirectthreatto the lifeboat service.
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The city centre initiative is now underdirectthreat.
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They are adirectthreatto employment in this country.
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Poverty is adirectthreatto our own existence.
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Because of this entanglement, when physicians fear adirectthreatto their professional identity, they may face a crisis of self-worth.
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The democratically elected government remains underdirectthreatfrom a strong rebel force.
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They are adirectthreatto many classes of coastal craft essential to our livelihood.
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These new taxes are nothing less than adirectthreatto the capital of the industry.
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That is adirectthreatthat further closures will probably take place.
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They regard the proposal as adirectthreatto the continuing life of their community.
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I do not believe that either poses adirectthreatto this country.
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But it does nothing about the onlydirectthreatwhich has been uttered.
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Indeed, a new element has appeared; adirectthreatto the voluntary aided schools.
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Naturally, they saw the measure as adirectthreatto their conditions of service.
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It is a regime that poses adirectthreatto humanity.
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There is now adirectthreatto the vital principles of trade unionism?
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This leads to the decline of, and consequently thedirectthreatto, democracy.
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This seemed to be adirectthreatto the medical profession.
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That interest might—probably does—exist even in the absence of adirectthreat.
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For them, it represented a clear anddirectthreatto our local churches and village halls.
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Radioactive waste from the 1960s and 1970s is still an unmistakabledirectthreatto the population.
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