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verb

past tense of threaten
as in menaced
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline

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Recent Examples of threatened
Adjective
While the exact species isn’t clear (the genus includes seven types), they are all considered threatened or critically endangered. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025 Critical habitats are areas where the group can specially manage or protect endangered and threatened species. Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
However, salt damage incurred in the 1970s due to the installation of a heated concrete slab, which aggravated the salt stored in the 18th and 19th centuries, threatened the church’s structural integrity. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2025 With seven more games in January, however, the capacity for Arteta to keep things fresh out wide may be threatened. Art De Roché, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for threatened 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatened
Adjective
  • Through biological opinions, state and federal agencies govern these systems to direct water diversions and pumping restrictions to protect endangered species.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Sales brought in at the zoo’s gift shops and dining facilities are funneled into its ongoing efforts to protect endangered species.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If found liable, SCE could be responsible for billions of dollars in damages, directly impacting homeowners and the future reliability of their power supply.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • That law states that contractors that make false claims to the government could be liable for three times the government’s damages.
    gqlshare, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Especially vulnerable time Adolescence, like early childhood, is a pivotal period for brain development.
    Yalda T. Uhls, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Today, Cicero remains ground zero as the most vulnerable town in Illinois during immigration raids.
    Esteban Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In an effort to sell more tickets, the NFL approved the addition of 13,000 temporary seats in the end zones, but approximately 1,250 were deemed unsafe by inspectors.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
  • While this is higher than the national rate and could cause concern among air travelers, aviation experts say the numbers don't indicate flying is unsafe.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These include the software woes that kept the spacecraft from reaching the space station on the 2019 test flight and the use of valves in the ship's service module that were susceptible to corrosion.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Second, this settlement further highlights the importance of companies developing appropriate safeguards to safeguard consumers' data... even large companies, even one of the world's largest insurance brokerages, can be susceptible to data breaches.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The story sounds like something right out of a horror movie: this fungus hacks the brain of its host, driving the normally shy spiders out of their lairs and webs to an exposed surface.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Not that this is the only risk, of course; there’s also the attack surface of insecure intermediaries involved in the remote control functionality, like third-party application programming interfaces to be taken into account.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Over the past four years, Netanyahu clearly has had reason to feel insecure about his relationship with Trump.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatened. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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