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threat·ened
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Princeton's WordNet
threatenedadjective
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
"the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"
Wiktionary
threatenedadjective
At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
threatenedadjective
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
Webster Dictionary
Threatened
of Threaten
Freebase
Threatened
US federal protection designation = Threatened.
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Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2747
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Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4431
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of threatened in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of threatened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of threatened in a Sentence
The settlement agreement contained an arbitration clause that permitted EC, LLC to seek an injunction in the event of a breach or threatened breach of the agreement, the designated judge from the arbitration tribunal found that Ms. Clifford had violated the agreement and enjoined her from, among other things, filing this lawsuit.
Cruz won the Republican contest in Utah Tuesday, capturing more than 50 percent of the vote and all 40 of the state’s delegates. Trump won the night's Arizona primary. When Donald gets scared, when he gets angry, when he gets threatened ... So last night Donald threatened my wife, he went directly after my wife.
We will continue all of our efforts, from trying to uncover the truth about the Smolensk tragedy to defending democracy which is threatened by the current rule and to combating the de-christianisation (of Poland).
I was threatened not to tell anyone. If I told anyone he would come after me and I would be in trouble, i said nothing to anyone. I developed an eating disorder, I developed post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder, major anxiety and depression.
An American destroyer, USS Mahan, is currently shadowing the ship. An American destroyer thesame Russian spy ship President Trump threatened to shoot in 2017 not long after taking office.The Russian ship returned a year later. Hey, the greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship thats 30 miles offshore right out of the water, everyone in this country is going to say, Oh, its so great. Thats not great. Thats not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia.
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