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threatened
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threatened
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | endangered |
| Synonyms: | exposed, imperiled, in danger, jeopardized, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable, warned |
| Antonyms: | invulnerable, protected, safe |
| Main Entry: | threaten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endanger |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, be dangerous, be gathering, be imminent, be in the air, be in the offing, be on the horizon, brewing, come on, forebode, foreshadow, frighten, hang over, impend, imperil, jeopardize, loom, overhang, portend, presage, put at risk, put in jeopardy, warn |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck, destroyed, done, done for, fated, fey, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards, kiss of death, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
| Main Entry: | endangered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperiled |
| Synonyms: | at risk, facing extinction, in danger, threatened |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | accessible, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| Main Entry: | at risk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | at hazard, endangered, exposed, imperiled, in jeopardy, in peril, jeopardized, susceptible, threatened, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, go away, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidating for money |
| Synonyms: | badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk, put the shake on, ransom, shake down, shake*, squeeze*, threaten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brandish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaunt, swing around |
| Synonyms: | come on strong, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, throw weight around, trot out, warn, wield |
| Antonyms: | not show |
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