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1a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done: members of her family have received death threats
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Law a menace of bodily harm, such as may restrain a person’s freedom of action.
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2a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger: hurricane damage poses a major threat to many coastal communities
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[in singular] the possibility of trouble, danger, or ruin: the company faces the threat of liquidation proceedings [mass noun]: thousands of rail freight jobs came under threat
