Threat definitions

Threat

1) Abuse 2) Blackmail tactic 3) Clenched fist 4) Commination 5) Computer network security 6) Danger 7) Declaration of intent to harm 8) Defiance 9) Denunciation 10) Fulmination 11) Hazard 12) Impending danger 13) Indication of doom 14) Indication of imminent evil 15) Intimidation 16) It may be idle or empty
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Threat

1) Danger 2) Defiance 3) Denunciation 4) Hazard 5) Menace 6) Omen 7) Peril 8) Pressure
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threat

1. something that is a source of danger
2. a warning that something unpleasant is immanent
3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
4. a person who inspires fear or dread

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Threat

a move or variation which white will play (usually following his key) if black does nothing to defend against it. Problems which do not have threats following the key are blocks.
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Threat

A threat is an act of coercion wherein an act is proposed to elicit a negative response. It is a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. It can be a crime in many jurisdictions. Threat (intimidation) is widely seen in animals, particularly in a ritualized form, chiefly in order to avoid the unnecessary physical violence that...
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Threat

[computer] In computer security a threat is a possible danger that might exploit a vulnerability to breach security and thus cause possible harm. A threat can be either `intentional` (i.e., intelligent; e.g., an individual cracker or a criminal organization) or `accidental` (e.g., the possibility of a computer malfunctioning, or the possibi...
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Threat

• (n.) To threaten. • (n.) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
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threat

(from the article `aggressive behaviour`) ...it is easy to explain why animals fight: they do so to gain access to valuable resources. A more difficult question to answer is why conflicts are ... Second, rumour spreads when events threaten the understandings upon which normal life is based. A major disaster or scandal presents such a .....
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threat

(thret) a warning or declaration of intent to commit harm, injury, or evil. suicide threat a statement of intent to commit suicide that is accompanied by behavior changes indicative of suicidal tendencies.
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Threat

Threat (thrĕt) noun [ Anglo-Saxon þreát , akin to ā þreótan to vex, G. ver driessen , Old High German ir driozan , Icelandic þrjōta to fail, want, lack, Goth. us þriutan to vex, to trouble, Russian trudite to ...
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Threat

Threat transitive verb & i. [ Middle English þreten , Anglo-Saxon þreátian . See Threat , noun ] To threaten. [ Obsolete or Poetic] Shak. « Of all his threating reck not a mite.» Chaucer. « Our dreaded...
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Threat

The USS Threat was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Threat was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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threat

[n] - a warning that something unpleasant is immanent 2. [n] - declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
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threat

noun a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; `they were under threat of arrest`
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threat

A threat is anything that might exploit a vulnerability. Any potential cause of an incident can be considered a threat. For example, a fire is a threat that could exploit the vulnerability of flammable floor coverings. This term is commonly used in information security management and IT service continuity management, but also applies to other areas...
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