The phrase "able to threaten" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or capability to pose a threat to someone or something.
Example: "The new policy is able to threaten the stability of the current economic system."
Alternatives: "capable of threatening" or "has the potential to threaten".
Being able to threaten credible retaliation makes co-operation possible.
"We weren't able to threaten our opponents," he admitted.
Being able to threaten the planet with nuclear meltdown seems a suicidal addition to our so-called security options.
Rating: 4.5 Terrence Boyd It was a rough 27 minutes for Boyd who struggled with his touch and was not able to threaten the Belgian defense.
By using the Martin act, an old state law, he has been able to threaten criminal indictments and thus force quick settlements.
Ukraine has been able to threaten to raise the cost of shipping gas in response to demands for price increases from Gazprom.
Trump must be prevented from being able to credibly threaten the world with a nuclear first strike.
The sad irony is that Hamas' leaders know that they will never be able to seriously threaten Israel existentially, and every time they challenge Israel, they subject the Palestinians in Gaza to the horror of war, destruction, and death.
In time, he was able to acquire threatened barns, store them in the former warehouse he calls his art studio, and re-erect them when a willing customer was found.
Although this case was nationally publicized and there was no question that I was innocent of the charges, the banks and CRAs continued to report the fraudulent address as mine and continued to report me 90 days past due on some of the accounts for almost 2 years afterwards until I was able to hire an attorney to threaten them with lawsuit.
Consequently, after General George Washington, who took colonial command two weeks later, had collected enough heavy guns and ammunition to threaten Boston, he was able in March 1776 to seize and fortify Dorchester Heights and compel the British to evacuate Boston and the harbour.
