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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.
But if first principles are disregarded, and a follower of hounds believes in the system "it doesn't matter how you ride so long as you stick on," he will not only always be a "sight" but a menace in the hunting field.
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.
The French element he thought a menace to Canada's future, and partly for this reason he desired all the provinces to unite so that the British element should be dominant.

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