But the winter storms of the high mountains present a mortal threat that demands an immediate response.

The iron alone is a mortal threat to our survival here.

The army says it fires only in response to mortal threats.

Pakistan's leaders still do not seem to grasp the mortal threat.

They are not operating under mortal threat of discovery behind enemy lines, if you catch my drift.

It would not be a mortal threat to the lives and the welfare of the general population.

Today, Japan is more like America's kid brother than a mortal threat.

We know now he can be no mortal threat.

Night and day, the drums never stopped, a constant reminder of the mortal threat that hung over them.

Even in its decadence, the Empire had the means to pose a mortal threat.