1. Noun
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
2. Noun
To threaten.
3. Noun
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"
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