Associations to the word «Threatened»
Noun
- Threat
- Tortoise
- Predator
- Sanction
- Kill
- Insurrection
- Conserve
- Extermination
- Flora
- Secession
- Trout
- Spill
- Starvation
- Aggression
- Invasion
- Turtle
- Tern
- Mangrove
- Erosion
- Parrot
- Stork
- Concern
- Grassland
- Scrub
- Specie
- Flank
- Infringement
- Wildfire
- Hegemony
- Mutiny
- Survival
- Injunction
- Menace
- Dismissal
- Hostage
- Disturbance
- Extortion
- Famine
- Klan
- Violence
- Gopher
- Peoples
- Arrest
- Appendix
- Frog
- Overthrow
- Livestock
- Supremacy
- Warbler
- Islamist
- Vulture
- Pheasant
- Lower
- Prosecution
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
THREATENED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of threaten
THREATENED, adjective. (ecology) (of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
THREATENED, adjective. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
THREATENED ABORTION, noun. (medical) A condition approximating an imminent abortion, where there is bleeding but the fetus remains attached to the uterine wall.
THREATENED ABORTIONS, noun. Plural of threatened abortion
THREATENED SPECIES, noun. (ecology) Any species of organism that is vulnerable to extinction in the near future
Dictionary definition
THREATENED, adjective. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one".
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