physical threats
Danger to safety
Physical threats are expressions of intent to cause bodily harm to someone.
They may be verbal, written, or gestured—a raised fist, a finger drawn across the throat.
Unlike verbal abuse alone, physical threats specifically promise violence: He made physical threats against the witness.
The phrase often appears in legal and workplace contexts where such conduct triggers specific consequences.
- dangerExposure to harm
- violenceHarmful physical force
- attackAggressive act against another
- assaultViolent offensive act
- harmInjury or damage
injury · blunt force · intimidation · raised fist · menace · aggression · weapon · fist · bruise · fear · fight or flight · safety · restraining order · warning · stalking · dark alley · punch · knife
- intimidationmenacing, intimidate, bullying, menace, intimidating
- road ragetailgating, honking, cutting off, brake checking, middle finger
- contract defectsduress, fraud, misrepresentation, mistake, nullity
physical threatsverbal threats
Spoken promises of harm
economic coercion · emotional manipulation · blackmail · legal threats · emotional abuse
physical threatsphysical security
Protection of tangible assets
protection · safeguarding · reassurance · comfort · sanctuary
physical threatsphysical violence
Forceful bodily harm
bodily harm · physical attack · battery · physical abuse · physical contact
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