commination
noun
a threat of punishment or vengeance.
comminatory
-
a word derived from
commination.
Example Sentences
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A few years later, I got a comminatory phone call from one of the firm's founders.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013
A fortnight ago, a short comminatory note, such as Britain once sent to Finland, was drawn up in three versions.
From Time Magazine Archive
“She has gone after him,” stated Fyne in comminatory tones.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
The introduction of the word 'bourgeois' as a comminatory epithet into the English language, by bourgeois writers writing for the bourgeois, will remain a memorial for ever, for the philological humourist to chuckle over.
From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The chief, tall, black, sombre, stood and threatened Jean-aux-Choux with comminatory forefinger.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
