comminatory
adjective
[ ˈkɒmɪnəˌt(ə)ri ]
• threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
• "both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the Soviet Union"
Origin:
early 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- ‘threatened’, from the verb comminari (see commination).
