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This explanation says,
the target which 脅【おびや】かす threatens is not a person but abstract things such as a society, a nation, a status, peace, happiness and the like.
Is the reading of this sentence therefore the following?
豊【ゆた】かな海【うみ】が、ごみに脅【おびや】かされています
The rich ocean is threatened by garbage.
豊【ゆた】かな rich
脅かす【おどかす】 threaten
脅かす【おびやかす】 threaten
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASPCV5W3SPCKTZNB00F.html?iref=comtop_Opinion_01
You are correct, it is おびやかす. Generally おどかす is used for "to scare".
is ok to me, so I'm not sure "the target must be abstract" part of the explanation. Or some concrete things can be treated as abstract.
By the way it is 豊{ゆた}かな. 豊{ゆたか}な could be an okurigana variation and as a name, it can be 豊{ゆたか}.
