11 sentences with “threat”

The police squad quickly mobilized in response to the threat.

Hurricanes are a threat to many people living in coastal areas.

Pollution is a threat to everyone. We must work together to combat it.

Climate change is a threat to biodiversity and the ecological balance of the planet.

Another serious modern threat to health is the much-used self-medication.

Mr. Martin was no longer in any doubt that his beloved department in the company was under threat.

There was also the constant threat of what surviving texts call "bandits", which in this context means the same as "barbarians".

That said, as Rome's power grew to encompass all of Italy, the Carthaginians became increasingly concerned that Rome might pose a threat to their own dominance.

Also, the threat of invasion from both rival cities and foreigners (both 'barbarians' and more organised groups) threatened to disrupt whatever stability existed.

Drugs - and all those described are drugs - pose a very serious threat not only because of their physiological effects: the psychological dependence, the panic of personality disintegration that is supposed to follow their lack, are time bombs almost as massive as the Hiroshima bomb.

Indeed, there is a direct link between the Zoroastrian Ahriman and the Jewish and Christian figure of Satan, who was simply a dark spirit in the early books of the Torah, but who later became a distinct presence, the "nemesis" of God himself and a threat to the order of the world, if not to God.