threatening situation
1Threatening the President of the United States — Criminal law Part of …
2situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …
3threatening — adjective 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 2) a baleful look forbidding thunderclouds his tone became menacing ominous rumblings of discontent sinister storm clouds a sinister smile …
4threatening — threaten ► VERB 1) make or express a threat to (someone) or to do (something). 2) put at risk; endanger. 3) (of a situation or the weather) seem likely to produce (an unwelcome result). DERIVATIVES threatening adjective …
5life-threatening — ADJ: oft adv ADJ If someone has a life threatening illness or is in a life threatening situation, there is a strong possibility that the illness or the situation will kill them. Anything but a rigorous approach is potentially life threatening to… …
6life-threatening — life .threatening adj a life threatening situation, illness, or injury could cause a person to die →↑fatal …
7Particularly dangerous situation — A particularly dangerous situation (PDS) is a type of enhanced wording used by the National Weather Service s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma on certain weather watches. It is issued at the discretion of the forecaster writing the… …
8Estimate of the Situation — The Estimate of the Situation [The term estimate of the situation is generic, often used in military intelligence to describe a type of early report on an important subject.] was a document supposedly written in 1948 by the personnel of United… …
9life-threatening — adjective causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm a dangerous operation a grave situation a grave illness grievous bodily harm a serious wound a serious turn of events a severe case of pneumonia …
10life-threatening — adj. Life threatening is used with these nouns: ↑allergy, ↑complication, ↑condition, ↑disease, ↑emergency, ↑illness, ↑situation …
