Pressing
Pressing adjective - Needing immediate attention.
Threatening and pressing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Pressing".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Pressing and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pressing" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Both words in one sentence
- And his sadistic tendencies in battle tend to come out mostly by people pressing his Berserk Button - threatening Nanami.
Source: Mr. Vice Guy - One of the big features of the latest Punisher game was the ability to torture any random mooks, either through "standard" means like pressing your gun against their head, or threatening to put them into furnaces or put a freaking drill through their head.
Source: Torture Always Works
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