amenaza (f)
n.
menace, threat; assault
amenazar
v.
threaten, menace; loom up, impend
amenaza
= threat, menace.
Ex: The 'threat' is less tangible when viewed from the standpoint of providers and consumers of such courses.
Ex: Fears in the late 1960s about the menace of pollution led to the creation of programmes on environmental protection.
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* amenaza asimétrica = asymmetric threat.
* amenaza comunista, la = red scare, the, red menace, the.
* amenaza de bomba = bomb threat.
* amenaza de guerra = threat of war.
* amenaza de tormenta = gathering storm.
* amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
* amenaza militar = military threat.
* amenaza nuclear = nuclear threat.
* bajo amenaza = under threat.
* estado de amnaza terrorista = terror alert.
* hacer frente a una amenaza = address + threat.
* ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick.
* incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.
* insultos y amenazas racistas = hate speech.
* lanzar amenazas = rattle + Posesivo + saber.
* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).
* presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.
* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.
* sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).
amenazar
= pose + threat, threaten, make + threats, menace, rattle + Posesivo + saber, bare + Posesivo + teeth, show + Posesivo + teeth.
Nota: En señal de amenaza y/o defensa.
Ex: Some would speculate that optical publishing poses a threat to online information retrieval.
Ex: Besides, any second edition threatened to require some recataloguing.
Ex: He knew that Kate Lespran was not one to make empty threats.
Ex: Her sympathy for small, helpless creatures suggests that she sees herself as an imprisoned, helpless creature herself, vulnerable to men who would menace or tyrannize her.
Ex: President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.
Ex: He kept his eyes on Aethon and bared his teeth in a silent snarl as he allowed himself to be led backward.
Ex: Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.