Usually means: Expressing intention to cause harm.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. threating: Merriam-Webster
  2. threating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Threating, threating: Wordnik
  4. threating: Wiktionary
  5. threating: Dictionary.com
  6. threating: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. threating: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threating: Medical dictionary

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  1. threating: Idioms

(Note: See threat as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Threat)

noun:  An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
noun:  An indication of potential or imminent danger.
noun:  A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
verb:  (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
verb:  (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
noun:  A surname.
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