The threat induced him to discontinue the publication of the debates.

The threat of being trapped here, of locked controls raising the ship and leaving them marooned, induced a wave of something close to panic in all three hearers.

Spínola's campaigns and the threat of diplomatic isolation induced the Dutch Republic to accept a ceasefire in April 1607.

At the professional level, often the mere threat of material loss (i.e., an anticipated tactic) induces the opponent to pursue an alternative line.

Only the growing threat of Germany itself in the last twenty years before the war induced Czarist Russia against her natural inclination to make alliance with republican France.

But according to participants in late-night negotiations, his threat induced many to agree to return this morning.

In the end, however, the Romulan threat induced the Empire to keep its ally.

What worries me is that the threat of public disturbance produces self-censorship on the part of writers and induces caution in producers.

However, the Soviet threat of seizing parts of Inner Mongolia induced China to recognize Outer Mongolia's independence, provided that a referendum was held.

The threat actually induces the making of the contract.