Meanings
plural death threats
- A threat to kill another person or a group of people.
1 more example
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
Translations
Arabic تَهْدِيد بِالْقَتْل
- تَهْدِيد بِالْقَتْل (tahdīd bi-l-qatl)death threat
Chinese Mandarin 死亡威脅 /死亡威胁
- 死亡威脅 /死亡威胁 (sǐwáng wēixié)death threat
Danish dødstrussel
- dødstrusseldeath threat
Dutch doodsbedreiging
- doodsbedreigingdeath threat
Finnish tappouhkaus
- tappouhkausdeath threat
French menace de mort
- menace de mortdeath threat
German Morddrohung, Todesdrohung
- Morddrohungdeath threat
- Todesdrohungdeath threat
Hungarian halálos fenyegetés
- halálos fenyegetésdeath threat
Italian minaccia di morte
- minaccia di mortedeath threat
Polish groźba śmierci
- groźba śmiercideath threat
Portuguese ameaça de morte
- ameaça de mortedeath threat
Romanian amenințare cu moartea
- amenințare cu moarteadeath threat
Russian угро́за уби́йством
- угро́за уби́йством (ugróza ubíjstvom)death threat
Swedish dödshot, mordhot
- dödshotdeath threat
- mordhotdeath threat
Cite this entry
death threat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20threat
“death threat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20threat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death threat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20threat.
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