method
raise

raise(*args)
public
Raises an exception (see Kernel::raise) from thr. The caller does not have to be thr.
Thread.abort_on_exception = true a = Thread.new { sleep(200) } a.raise("Gotcha")
produces:
prog.rb:3: Gotcha (RuntimeError) from prog.rb:2:in `initialize' from prog.rb:2:in `new' from prog.rb:2