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Definition be threatened with something in British English

be threatened with something phrase

phrase
1

to be likely to be affected by something bad

Example

Nearly 1,000 of the world's bird species are threatened with extinction.

Example

Even the local school was threatened with closure.

Synonyms and related words
run out of road suffer undergo
Definition be threatened with something in British English