menace
IPA: mˈɛnʌs
noun
- A perceived threat or danger.
- The act of threatening.
- (informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
verb
- (transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
- To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
- To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
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Examples of "menace" in Sentences
- The dreadful menace had the desired effect.
- The poaching menace was dramatically reduced.
- As in the folktale, he was a cunning and threatening menace.
- The device orders immediate destruction of the exterior menace.
- The threat was reinforced by the menace of the European situation.
- In times of insecurity, of worldwide menace, the irrational booms.
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