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death threat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛθ θɹɛt/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A threat to kill another person or a group of people.
   • In 2014, the Texas oil heir Corey Knowlton is reported to have paid $350,000 for the pleasure of killing a critically endangered black rhino in Namibia. He made the winning bid at an auction aimed at raising funds for African conservation run by the Dallas Safari Club. Afterwards, Knowlton told the media that he had received death threats but that he made his kill with a clear conscience: “I felt like from day one it was benefiting the black rhino.” 2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian:

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Translations (16)

pl groźba śmierci (death threat) · sv mordhot (death threat) · sv dödshot (death threat) · it minaccia di morte (death threat) · nl doodsbedreiging (death threat) · de Morddrohung (death threat) · pt ameaça de morte (death threat) · de Todesdrohung (death threat) · ru угро́за уби́йством (death threat) · cmn 死亡威脅 /死亡威胁 (death threat) · hu halálos fenyegetés (death threat) · ro amenințare cu moartea (death threat) · fr menace de mort (death threat) · ar تَهْدِيد بِالْقَتْل (death threat) · fi tappouhkaus (death threat) · da dødstrussel (death threat)