threatened

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  • IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
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  • Hyphenation: threat‧ened

Verb[edit]

threatened

  1. simple past and past participle of threaten

Adjective[edit]

threatened (comparative more threatened, superlative most threatened)

  1. (especially ecology, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
    • 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
      It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.
  2. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

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