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Another word for menace

Noun

  1. One regarded as an imminent danger

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    safety

  2. An expression of the intent to hurt or punish another

    3. See also:

    warn

Another word for menace

Verb

  1. To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example

    2. See also:

    over

  2. To subject to danger or destruction

    3. See also:

    safety

  3. To be imminent

    4. See also:

    near

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Another word for menace

Noun

  1. A threat

    2. See also:

    warning

  2. An imminent danger

    3. See also:

    danger

Another word for menace

Verb
    2. See also:

    threaten

    threaten

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Sentence Examples

  • He's a menace to everything.

  • The menace in his voice made her want to leave even more.

  • His letter shows that he considered the rise of Assyria a menace to himself.

  • Moshesh continued to menace the Free State border.

  • Texcoco is now connected with the new drainage works of the capital and is no longer a menace to its population through inundations and pestilential fevers.

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