Collocations for threat - noun

dire, terrible
Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully.

empty, idle
The kids took no notice of the teacher''s idle threats.

implied, veiled
The company''s pay offer was accompanied by thinly-veiled threats of redundancies if it was rejected.

explicit | physical, violent | verbal | bomb, death, suicide

issue, make, utter | receive | carry out
It''s unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out.

lift, withdraw
Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action.

reduce | give in to
The government refused to give in to the hijackers'' threats.

~ against
The accused made death threats against a notable politician.

big, considerable, dangerous, deadly, grave, great, major, real, serious, significant | main | growing, increasing | constant, continual, continuous, ever-present, permanent | renewed
The national park is under renewed threat from road-building schemes.

direct, immediate, imminent
The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government.

insidious | long-term, short-term | potential | apparent, perceived | external
The government was faced with internal rebellion as well as external threats.

physical | political | environmental | military, nuclear, terrorist

be, pose, present, represent
the environmental threat posed by oil spillages

consider sth (as), perceive sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, view sth as
Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood.

face, meet

under ~
Many wild plants are under threat of extinction.

~ from
the threat from overfishing

~ of
a threat of violence

~ to
The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.