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comminatory
CIDE DICTIONARY
comminatory, a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.].
Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
comminatory, adj. threatening, denunciatory.
Etymology
med.L comminatorius (as COMMINATION)
ROGET THESAURUS
comminatory
Threat
N threat, menace, defiance, abuse, minacity, intimidation, denunciation, fulmination, commination, gathering clouds, threatening, menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory, abusive, in terrorem, ominous, defiant, under the ban, Int, vae victis!, at your peril!, do your worst!.For further exploring for "comminatory" in Webster Dictionary Online