threat
noun
[ θrɛt ]
• a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.
• "members of her family have received death threats"
• a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• "hurricane damage poses a major threat to many coastal communities"
Origin:
Old English thrēat ‘oppression’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verdrieten ‘grieve’, German verdriessen ‘irritate’.
