From humanists we learned that science threatens civilization.

Thus is launched Galaxy Force, to strike a hammer blow against the forces threatening civilization.

And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder.

"We will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder," Mr. Bush said.

While none of these scenarios are likely to destroy humanity completely, they could regionally threaten civilization.

Pacifists needed no persuading that fascism threatened civilization.

Today, it is again a name that encompasses both the dark forces that threaten "civilization" and the fears they arouse.

Together, they hope to conquer the dragon and the wicked vice-principal who threaten civilization.

Sinister aliens and giant monsters constantly threaten civilization during this period.

The Gulf Stream has also ceased to exist, an event that may initiate a global climate change that would threaten human civilization.