The phrase "avoid threatening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising against actions or behaviors that may intimidate or instill fear in others.
Example: "In negotiations, it's important to maintain a calm demeanor and avoid threatening your counterpart to foster a more productive dialogue."
Alternatives: "steer clear of intimidation" or "refrain from being aggressive.".
As China has become more of a player in international economics, does this investigation signal a willingness to root out corruption and avoid threatening its standing in the world markets?
While Japan has one of most sophisticated militaries in Asia, and the region's most respected navy, it has long been careful to keep its euphemistically named Self-Defense Forces largely out of sight to avoid threatening neighbors victimized by Japan's early 20th century empire-building.
But HP is tiptoeing on to the Web to avoid threatening the middleman retailers and "value-added resellers" who carry the HP line.
But hp is tiptoeing on to the Web to avoid threatening the middleman retailers and "value-added resellers" that carry the hp line.
One Fire Island landowner in the process of selling his home (who asked not to be named to avoid threatening the sale) says that after 23 years of ownership he'll see only a 50% return on the home.
The Army Corps rerouted the pipeline to avoid threatening the drinking water of the residents of Bismarck, North Dakota, right through territory disputed by the Sioux, threatening their drinking water, as illustrated in the map of the pipeline I coordinated below.
The two-year tuition freeze for undergraduate state residents at UC is the highlight of an agreement between Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano after months of negotiations to avoid threatened increases as high as 5% in each of the next five years.
External DNA contamination, notoriously difficult to avoid, threatens the integrity of such studies.
Miller [ 15– 17] has designated two main information preference styles in potentially threatening circumstances: monitoring (seeking out and attending to threatening information), and blunting (avoiding threatening information and cognitively distracting from it).
The Obama administration has notably avoided threatening to cut off the $1.3 billion in annual military assistance to Egypt, recognizing that the money has helped guarantee peace with Israel for the past 35 years.
Hearts avoided threatened sanctions from the SPL following the players' December complaint.
