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0 a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed:
[ + to infinitive ] Her parents carried out their threat to take away her mobile phone if her grades didn't improve.
Drunken drivers pose a serious threat (= cause a lot of harm) to other road users.
He says he'll tell the authorities but it's just an empty threat (= it will not happen).
She left the country under threat of arrest if she returned.
1 a statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, esp. if the person does not do something in particular:
She was fired after making threats to her co-workers.
2 the possibility that something unwanted will happen, or a person or thing that is likely to cause something unwanted to happen: