THREAT meaning: Potential danger or harmful event

We found 42 dictionaries that define the word threat:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

threat: Merriam-Webster.com
threat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
threat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
threat: Collins English Dictionary
threat: Vocabulary.com
Threat, threat: Wordnik
threat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Threat, threat: Wiktionary
threat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
threat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
threat: Infoplease Dictionary
threat: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
The Threat (memoir), The Threat (novel), Threat (computer), Threat (disambiguation), Threat (film), Threat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Threat: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
threat: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
threat: Rhymezone
threat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
threat: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
threat: Free Dictionary
threat: Mnemonic Dictionary
threat: Dictionary/thesaurus
threat: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
threat: Dictionary.com
threat: Online Etymology Dictionary

Business (6 matching dictionaries)

MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
threat: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
threat: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

Technopedia (No longer online)
threat: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
threat: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
Conflict Resolution Glossary (No longer online)
THREAT: Acronym Finder
threat: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Threat (noun), threat: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ 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.

Similar:

menace, terror, scourge, danger, threatening, risk, imminent, fear, concern, potential, more...

Opposite:

safety, assurance, protection, security, peace

Types:

physical threat, verbal threat, emotional threat, financial threat, security threat, health threat, legal threat, more...

Phrases:

under threat, health threat, credible threat, Bomb threat, idle threat, more...

Adjectives:

serious, real, potential, constant, major, greatest, soviet, immediate, direct, military, external

Colors:

red, black, dark gray, blood red, crimson, more...

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