threatening warning

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• warning — [adj] cautionary admonishing, admonitory, cautioning, exemplary, exhortatory, monitorial, monitory, ominous, premonitory, threatening; concept 267 warning [n] notice of possible occurrence admonition, advice, alarm, alert, augury, caution, caveat …   New thesaurus

• threatening — [adj] menacing, ominous aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious,… …   New thesaurus

• warning — warn|ing1 W2S3 [ˈwo:nıŋ US ˈwo:rn ] n 1.) [U and C] something, especially a statement, that tells you that something bad, dangerous, or annoying might happen so that you can be ready or avoid it warning of ▪ a warning of floods warning about ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• warning shots — The firing of shots or delivery of ordnance by personnel or weapons systems in the vicinity of a person, vessel, or aircraft as a signal to immediately cease activity. Warning shots are one measure to convince a potentially hostile force to… …   Military dictionary

• threatening — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. alarming, menacing, dangerous, aggressive, intimidating; see also ominous , sinister , unsafe . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. intimidating, menacing, terrorizing, frightening, scary, sinister, ominous, impending,… …   English dictionary for students

• Tornado warning — A tornado warning is an alert issued by government weather services to warn an area that a tornado may be imminent. It can be issued after either a tornado or funnel cloud has already been spotted, or if there are radar indications that a tornado …   Wikipedia

• Severe thunderstorm warning — See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms. A severe thunderstorm warning is issued when trained Skywarn spotters or a Doppler capable weather radar indicate a strong thunderstorm is… …   Wikipedia

• strategic warning — A warning prior to the initiation of a threatening act. See also strategic warning lead time; strategic warning post decision time; strategic warning pre decision time; tactical warning; warning; warning of war …   Military dictionary

• strategic warning — noun (military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑warning …   Useful english dictionary

• black box warning — noun A warning, surrounded by a black border, contained in prescription drugs to indicate that the drug may cause serious or life threatening effects …   Wiktionary

• I am warning you — I am telling you now so you will know, you have been warned (generally said in a threatening manner) …   English contemporary dictionary