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What (who) is imminent - definition
LAW TOPIC
Imminent threat
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Imminence (disambiguation); Imminent; Imminent (disambiguation)
¦ adjective
1. about to happen.
2. archaic overhanging.
Derivatives
imminence noun
imminently adverb
Origin
ME: from L. imminent-, imminere 'overhang, impend', from in- 'upon, towards' + minere 'to project'.
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Imminence (disambiguation); Imminent; Imminent (disambiguation)
a.
1.
Impending, threatening, impendent, near at hand.
2.
Threatening harm, perilous, dangerous, alarming.
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Imminence (disambiguation); Imminent; Imminent (disambiguation)
If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon.
There appeared no imminent danger...
ADJ
• imminence
The imminence of war was on everyone's mind.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
Wikipedia
Self-defence in international law
Hugo Grotius, the 17th century jurist and father of public international law, stated in his 1625 magnum opus The Law of War and Peace that "Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defence, the Recovery of what's our own, and Punishment."
Examples of use of imminent
1. Saddam‘s imminent death has divided ordinary Iraqis.
2. Hagin had e–mailed from Bush‘s ranch, teasing that his imminent departure no longer seemed so imminent: You didn‘t get out in time!
3. So – perhaps – an imminent parliamentary defeat is narrowly averted.
4. He was also, they alleged, threatened with imminent execution.
5. So just how imminent is an engagement announcement?