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  • 21threat — O.E. þreat crowd, troop, also oppression, menace, related to þreotan to trouble, weary, from P.Gmc. *threutanan (Cf. Ger. verdrießen to vex ), from PIE *trud push, press (Cf. L. trudere to press, thrust, O.C.S. trudu oppression, M.Ir …

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  • 22threat of extinction — threat to certain animals and plants that are disappearing from the Earth …

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  • 23threat — [n] warning; danger blackmail, bluff, commination, fix, foreboding, foreshadowing, fulmination, hazard, impendence, intimidation, menace, omen, peril, portent, presage, risk, thunder, writing on the wall*; concept 278 …

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  • 24threat — ► NOUN 1) a stated intention to inflict injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone. 2) a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger. 3) the possibility of trouble or danger. ORIGIN Old English, «oppression» …

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  • 25threat|ened — «THREHT uhnd», adjective. (of a wildlife species) facing serious, but not immediate, danger of extinction: »Grizzlies have been classified as a “threatened” species by the U.S. government (Paul Grescoe) …

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  • 26Threat (film) — Infobox Film name = Threat caption = DVD box. Designed by Robert Anthony Jr. Photos: James Dimaculangan, Jason Rose. imdb id = 0410757 writer = Matt Pizzolo, Katie Nisa starring = Carlos Puga, Keith Middleton, Rebekka Takamizu, Katie Nisa,… …

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  • 27Threat model — In computer security, the term threat modeling has two distinct, but related meanings. The first is a description of the security issues the designer cares about. This is the sense of the question, What is the threat model for DNSSec? In the… …

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  • 28threat — n. 1) to issue, make, utter a threat 2) to carry out, fulfill a threat 3) to be, constitute, pose a threat 4) a covert; dire, grave, serious; direct; empty, idle; explicit; imminent; implicit; terroristic; veiled threat 5) a security threat 6) a… …

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  • 29threat */*/*/ — UK [θret] / US noun Word forms threat : singular threat plural threats 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger threat to: Officials were confident there had been no threat to public health. a threat… …

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  • 30Threat Signal — Infobox musical artist Name = Threat Signal Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Genre = Melodic death metal Groove metal Metalcore Years active = 2003–present Label = Nuclear Blast… …

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