Verb

(en verb)

To make a threat against someone; to use threats.

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He threatened me with a knife.

To menace, or be dangerous.

The rocks threatened the ship's survival.

To portend, or give a warning of.

The black clouds threatened heavy rain.

Verb

(denounc)

(obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

*, II.35:

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To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.

to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

* 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.

To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

to denounce a confederate in crime

to denounce someone to the authorities

(obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment

To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.