'Threat', of course. The litmus tests for a noun: can it take an article, adjective or possessive (the threat; the dire threat, the threat's dissuasive power); can it be used as the subject or object of a sentence? (the threat was taken seriously; they perceived a threat in his tone), can it take a relative clause modifier? (the threat that she would fail was an incentive)
The word 'threat' is a noun, a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for an expression of intentto inflict pain, injury, or damage; an indication that something is pending.
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No. Threat is a noun. The verb is threaten.One adverb, formed from the present participle of the verb, is threateningly.
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The plural form of the noun 'threat' is threats.The verb forms are threaten, threatens, threatening, threatened.The adjective forms are the present participle of the verb, threatening (a threatening storm), and the past participle of the verb, threatened (a threatened species).
No, the word 'threatens' is a verb, the third person, singular, present of the verb to threaten.The noun form of the verb to threaten is the gerund, threatening.A related noun form is threat.
The verb form of robbery is "rob." It is used to denote the act of taking someone's property unlawfully and taking it away from them by force or threat.
Threat is a noun. The verb form is threaten.He made a threat that he would throw out her Beanie Baby collection.She threatened to break his golf clubs.
The word threatening is a noun form, a gerund, the present participle of the verb to threaten. A gerund functions as a noun in a sentence.A related noun form is a threat.
No, it is not. Dismiss is a verb, which can mean release (a class, a subordinate) or ignore (a threat, a court case), or terminate, fire (an employee).
Is a hidden threat that is foreseen to happen or a secrete threat.
A grave threat is a threat made very seriously.