Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Threatening and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Excessive and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
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Due to this Shinji has DNA kryptonian with everything it implies, and he is capable to fight the beings threatening his world and save humanity (rather crumbling down due to excessive pressure).
Source: Fanfic / Last Child of Krypton - However, shortly after Quentyn actually meets him he discovers that the Duke is being extorted by an Unseleighe Prince who has been threatening to call The Wild Hunt for the better part of a century, and thanks to the new Duke cancelling his father's "excessive" taxes he can't pay.
Source: Bait-and-Switch Tyrant
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