threat of attack

collocation in English

meaningsofthreatandattack

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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofthreatandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not believe that the creation of another independent major company will make thethreatofattackeven greater.
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We desire only that the people there should be able to live their own lives in peace without thethreatofattackby their neighbour.
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It has had to operate under thethreatofattack.
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Is not self-defence essentially a defensive action against thethreatofattack, while a reprisal is a punitive action to punish a past unlawful incident?
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Thethreatofattackfrom these groups and individuals remains high.
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While there is a constantthreatofattack, undoubtedly there have been a number of recent successes.
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The real value of the deterrent, and the reason for retaining this strategic nuclear potential, is to prevent an attack orthreatofattackagainst this country or our interests.
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This will hopefully cause blockers to jump with the libero, despite there being nothreatofattack.
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Despite the rocky soil, shortage of potable water, harsh winters, and constantthreatofattack, this group managed to succeed.
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The number of anti-submarine patrols was also decreased in early 1945 as thethreatofattackhad greatly diminished.
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However, thethreatofattackreceded as the battery was completed.
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Excavation techniques, as well as the construction of underground bunkers and other habitable areas, are often associated with military use during armed conflict, or civilian responses tothreatofattack.
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The fort could be reinforced and resupplied by water withoutthreatofattackand was approachable by land only over a narrow causeway and narrow isthmus of land.
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The immediatethreatofattackentirely changes the climate of her remote border village, and as the army rolls into town, inter-personal relationships are drastically affected.
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Tucson was again under what was considered seriousthreatofattack.
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Threats of attack upon them frighten me more than the problem in connection with direct or indirect taxation.
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