English-Swedish translations for threaten

• hota
  Vissa hotas till och med av stening.Some are even threatened with stoning.
  Grekland kommer säkerligen att hotas i dag.Surely Greece will be threatened today.
  Våra försvarsindustrier kan komma att hotas.Our defence industries may be threatened.

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