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 Translation for 'threaten' from English to Serbian
VERB   to threaten | threatened | threatened
threatening | threatens
SYNO to endanger | to imperil | to jeopardise | ...
претити [несв.]to threaten
запретити [св.]to threaten
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Translation for 'threaten' from English to Serbian

to threaten
претити [несв.]

запретити [св.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Shurat Hadin used lawfare to threaten lawsuits against parties associated with the Gaza Flotilla.
  • Does the 'old Bay State' threaten?
  • This exhibit shows how illegal businesses threaten the existence of certain species.
  • Gladys was the strongest storm to threaten the East Coast of the United States since Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
  • Developments of economic activities threaten marine ecosystem including endemic dolphins and harbour porpoises.

  • When Nyssa's psychic abilities threaten her life, the Doctor takes her to ancient Traken. Will Nyssa be healed, or does the Doctor's arrival threaten Traken and its Source?
  • Increases in tourism and recent developments threaten the ecological integrity and biodiversity of the island, reducing and fragmenting the natural habitat for Cat Ba's numerous species.
  • Two problematic issues arise regarding derelict spacecraft: In orbit around the Earth, 'dead' and abandoned satellites threaten future travel in the same orbits with a spray of deadly debris.
  • A critic from "Times of India" wrote that the film "tries to threaten but fails due to mediocre writing", and that "overall, "Miral" scares us in parts but doesn't threaten or keeps on the edge of our seats".
  • At this time, Egypt was a province of the Ottoman Empire, but Napoleon viewed invading Egypt as a way to threaten British dominance in the Mediterranean Sea and threaten the British position in India, and to gain prestige for revolutionary arms.

  • Unwanted fish or invasive species can threaten the symbiotic relationship between rice and fish and therefore threaten the food production.
  • "Sea level rise will threaten coastal development and ecosystems.
  • Extensive grazing of livestock such as goats threaten the habitat.
  • These activities threaten the remaining forest.
  • Yet, more common usage limits the label "tame" to animals which do not threaten or injure humans who do not harm or threaten them.

  • Does it threaten to shatter their once-again perfect lives?
  • Currently, illegal logging for trees such as dipterocarp and plantations of palm oil and pulpwood threaten many rare species in the province due to the effects of habitat destruction.
  • Hiking and mining may threaten this species in some areas.
  • Introduced water buffalos and feral pigs threaten the wetlands.
  • Finally, opponents of ISDS also argue that these systems increase inequalities, harm public services, threaten labor and consumer protections, threaten financial stability and the environment, all of which have perilous economic consequences.

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