The phrase "acute threat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a serious and immediate danger or risk that requires urgent attention.
Example: "The intelligence report indicated an acute threat to national security that needed to be addressed immediately."
Alternatives: "imminent danger" or "serious risk".
Today's mass production of meat poses an acute threat to the environment.
Disruptive technologies pose a particularly acute threat to the power of national governments and ordinary citizens.
Chronic illness is driven from the stage by the acute threat.
They don't pose an acute threat today but are steadily building their capabilities," said Awad.
"The current massive overvaluation of the Swiss franc poses an acute threat to the Swiss economy and carries the risk of a deflationary development," said Switzerland's central bank.
"We can be relieved that one acute threat has come to an end, but the threat that comes from terrorism – that is a general threat – continues," she said.
Israel faces acute threats to public safety, but vigilantism will only lead to more innocent people being harmed or killed".
Cancer has long been neglected in developing countries, overshadowed by the struggle against more acute threats like malaria and AIDS.
There is some merit to this argument, but there is such a large gap between the US and the rest of the world that it would behove American politicians to focus on more acute threats to the United States' position in the world.
In fact, many developing countries have created their own mitigation plans in response to a growing understanding of the acute threats they face.
Acute threats emerge from deliberate acts carried out by hackers, cyber criminals or state sponsors of cyber warfare or terror, with the latter being the more sophisticated variety.
