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Meanings
to threaten, to menace, to frighten (into doing)
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He tried to threaten the witness into silence.
The criminal threatened the store clerk with a gun.
She swore she would never yield even if threatened.
That politician has maintained power by threatening the opposition.
The act of threatening the weak and stealing their money and valuables is absolutely unforgivable.
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