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Definition of threat : 1. 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. To threaten.

Synonyms:

little terror, flagellum, safety, foresight, warn, bane, panic, affright, holy terror, nemesis, scourge, peril, fulmination, brat, terror, thundercloud, sword of Damocles, curse

jeopardy, perilousness, danger, unsafeness, ominousness, hazard, endangerment, treachery, menace, risk

alert, alarm, caution, caveat, notice, advisory

forewarning, admonition, intimidation, harassment, hint, monition, bluster, foreboding, warning

Usage examples:

• That threat would make him angry, he knew, and he might say something that would get him in real trouble. - "A World by the Tale", Gordon Randall Garrett.
• Will he stay in spite of my threat? - "The Puppet Crown", Harold MacGrath.
• I refused at first, but he forced me to consent by a threat which was hardly meant seriously. - "The Sign of Flame", E. Werner.