What does threatened mean?
Threatened means simple past and past participle of threaten.
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/ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/ · verb
simple past and past participle of threaten.
It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.
Use threatened when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Threatened means simple past and past participle of threaten.
Common synonyms include vulnerable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.
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