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Another word for menace

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menace

n.

A threat
caution, intimidation, foretelling; see warning.
An imminent danger
hazard, peril, threat; see danger.

menace Synonyms

menace

v.

threaten, intimidate, portend, loom; see threaten 2. See syn. study at threaten.

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Another word for menace

noun

One regarded as an imminent danger:
sword of Damocles, threat. Idiom: clear and present danger. See safety
An expression of the intent to hurt or punish another:
intimidation, threat. See warn

verb

To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:
bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, threaten. (Informal) strong-arm. See over
To subject to danger or destruction:
endanger, imperil, jeopardize, peril, risk, threaten. See safety
To be imminent:
brew, hang over, impend, loom, lower¹, overhang, threaten. See near

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He's a menace to everything.
The menace in his voice made her want to leave even more.
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.
Control over many of the outlying districts was lost, and the elements of disorder on the British frontier were a standing menace to the peace of the country.
He was soon regarded once more as a menace to the peace of Germany, and of the three alternatives presented to him by the emperor in 1188 he rejected the idea of making a formal renunciation of his claim, or of participating in the crusade, and chose exile, going again to England in 1189.

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