threatening situation
121abyss — [[t]æbɪ̱s[/t]] abysses 1) N COUNT: usu sing An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground. [LITERARY] 2) N COUNT: usu sing If someone is on the edge or brink of an abyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation.… …
122loom — [[t]lu͟ːm[/t]] looms, looming, loomed 1) VERB If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way. [V prep/adv] Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone. [V prep/adv] ...the bleak… …
123endanger one's own life — put oneself in a life threatening situation …
124escape death — be saved or find one s way out of a life threatening situation, manage to survive …
125fight or flight — the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. → fight …
126fight — verb (past and past participle fought) 1》 take part in a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons. ↘engage in (a war or contest). ↘quarrel or argue. ↘(fight someone/thing off) defend oneself against an attack by someone or …
127war clouds — a threatening situation of instability in international relations. → war …
128war — noun a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country. ↘a state of competition, conflict, or hostility: a price war. ↘a sustained campaign against something undesirable: a war on drugs. verb (wars,… …
