Synonyms:
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
Meaning: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
Synonyms:
threaten
Meaning: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
Synonyms:
threaten
Meaning: to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
Usage examples
Don't do the mad things with which you threaten me.
He began to curse and threaten, but I cut him short.
He shifted another piece, a sort of combination knight and bishop, to threaten the piece Harrington had moved.
It was already night, cold and cheerless, the heavens being overcast with clouds which seemed to threaten snow.
It is they who are not satisfied, they who threaten that unless satisfaction is afforded them, and promptly, they will take it."
Circling batteries would soon threaten Sumter, and, however defiantly the flag there might snap in the breeze, it must come down.
At other times they threaten and beat the god if he does not give rain; sometimes they publicly depose him from the rank of deity.
Stop, turn back, or seek help if conditions threaten that may test your ability or endurance, rather than risk being stalled, lost or isolated.
"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care; To pursue it with forks and hope; To threaten its life with a railway-share; To charm it with smiles and soap!
"'You may seek it with thimbles--and seek it with care; You may hunt it with forks and hope; You may threaten its life with a railway-share; You may charm it with smiles and soap--'"