threatened

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adjective At risk of becoming extinct or of becoming an endangered species. Used of a plant or animal species.

verb Simple past tense and past participle of threaten.
adjective ecology, of a plant or animal At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
adjective Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

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Threatened abortion The term threatened abortion is used  when a pregnancy is complicated by vaginal bleeding before the 20th week.

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Our tendency, when threatened, is to categorize and generalize.

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Our tendency, when threatened, is to categorize and generalize.

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But they quit after the captain threatened to dock the boat.

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"See that you do it, then," the captain threatened him.

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