They are considered to be a direct threat to the rest of society.

But they did not seem to be any direct threat.

Obviously in this case there had been no direct physical threat.

In the past, the most direct threat was killing them for their oil.

New Zealand was not subject to any significant direct military threat during the war.

Such men are a direct threat to the American people, and they will be defeated.

But the official said no direct threats were made against his life.

They were not a direct threat to our national security.

No, we cannot influence him, even with direct threats to the church.

Half the population would see their own government as a direct threat, regardless of who's in control.