Extreme
Extreme adjective - Most distant from a center.
Threatening and extreme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Extreme".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Extreme and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extreme" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
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Heero takes it to an extreme, by repeatedly threatening to kill Relena for finding him washed up on a beach in his spacesuit.
Source: He Knows Too Much - The tipping factor is that they both have allied with Isaac, an islander who's on the extreme chaotic end of Order Versus Chaos at best, and the most threatening thing on Vineland at worst.
Source: God and Satan Are Both Jerks - Superman: Doomsday features Superman's clone, who still holds Supes' desire to help people and protect his city, goes into extreme measures to do so, from threatening civilians to killing Toyman.
Source: Shadow Archetype
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