Synonyms:
threatened
Meaning: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"
Usage examples
They threatened, they entreated.
"You have threatened her, Count Marlanx."
"Now look whose king's threatened!" he crowed.
"I hope you see whose king's threatened, now."
But Death only threatened them with his scythe, saying:
The shack rocked, and threatened to come down about their heads.
And when daylight threatened them the survivors prepared to depart.
But still its jaws were open, and those dreadful jaws threatened Jason.
The threatened blizzard materialised at about four o'clock this morning.
If I do put you into that mask I have threatened, you won't like it, girl.