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  • 11Imminent threat — is a standard criterion in international law, developed by Daniel Webster, for when the need for action is instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. In such a case, he argued, the use of force in self… …

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  • 12Imminent Indeed — is a gothic adaptation of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera . Written and directed by Bryn Manion with the assistance of Wendy Remington, and leading man, Sam. Produced by the aforementioned Creatives and the founding board members of the company of… …

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  • 13Imminént — (lat.), nahe bevorstehend (von etwas Schlimmem), drohend …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 14Imminént — (lat.), nahe bevorstehend, drohend; Imminénz, das Bevorstehen, drohende Nähe …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 15Imminent — Imminent, lat. deutsch, bevorstehend; drohend; Imminenz, das Herannahen, besonders das drohende; imminiren, Gefahr drohen …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 16imminent danger — index menace, pitfall Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17imminent — impending Analogous words: threatening, menacing (see THREATEN): likely, *probable, possible: inevitable, ineluctable, inescapable, unescapable, unavoidable: expected, awaited (see EXPECT) Contrasted words: *distant, remote, far off: *doubtful,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 18imminent — [adj] at hand, on the way about to happen, approaching, brewing*, close, coming, expectant, fast approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting on the wall*, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, in… …

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  • 19imminent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ about to happen. DERIVATIVES imminence noun imminently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin imminere overhang, impend …

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  • 20imminent — [im′ə nənt] adj. [L imminens, prp. of imminere, to project over, threaten < in , on + minere, to project: see MENACE] likely to happen without delay; impending; threatening: said of danger, evil, misfortune imminently adv …

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