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threatened

adjective as in endangered

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While neither side has directly threatened the residents of Rmeish during the conflict, they have had their loyalty to Lebanon questioned.

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The mollusk lights up using bioluminescence when threatened to distract predators, researchers said.

Earlier, Mr MacDonald's wife told the court that her husband threatened to kill an osteopath he claimed had ruined his life by making a back injury worse.

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He said the case highlighted “the scale of injustice that the Tory Legacy Act threatened to inflict on families across our society”.

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During his teens he was chased with knives and threatened by having his hand hit with a hammer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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