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What does threaten mean?

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Verb
  1. To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
  2. To menace, or be dangerous.
  3. To portend, or give a warning of.
  4. (figuratively) To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)
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Such policies threaten the interest of the plutocracy that runs this county and controls both the Democrats and Republicans.
In areas where spring frosts threaten developing buds and flowers, plant where air drainage is adequate, such as midway down a gentle slope.
These limits seemed to threaten the success of the family's on-farm store, but they plunged ahead.
The porkers damage property, threaten domestic pig farms, and may be creating human health risks, critics say.
Surely, people would not knowingly live in ways that threaten polar bears or coral reefs.
The economy is stagnating and the effects of a war threaten to cause violent social convulsions.

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