English-Dutch translations for threaten

• bedreigen
  Wanneer zal Rusland ophouden met het bedreigen van mensenrechtenactivisten? When is Russia going to stop threatening human rights activists?
  Hoe kan men het eigen grondgebied met dergelijke raketten bedreigen? How can one threaten one’s own territory with rockets like these?
  Deze pogingen om ons te bedreigen zijn in één woord belachelijk! These attempts to threaten us can be described in one word: ridiculous.
• dreigen
  Door zo nodig het Parlement te dreigen ... Parliament is being threatened with ...
  Wilt u dreigen met sancties of niet? Do you want to threaten sanctions or not?
  Steeds meer bestanden dreigen verloren te gaan. More and more stocks are threatened by collapse.

Definition of threaten

• To make a threat against someone; to use threats
• To menace, or be dangerous
• To portend, or give a warning of
• To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc

Examples

• He threatened me with a knife.
• The rocks threatened the ships survival.
• The black clouds threatened heavy rain.

Related words

• threatening
• life-threatening
• threatened
• threatener
• non-threatening
• threateningly
• non-life-threatening
• threaten of all ills
• threaten to kill