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menace::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
| Type of | exist, be |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | threat |
| Type of | danger |
| Has types | yellow peril |
Examples of menace
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The cholera menace thus prompted cities to begin cleaning up their fouled nests.
From the nytimes.com
It was he who mentioned the neighborhood menace at Monday night's board meeting.
From the dailyherald.com
It is easier, now, for America to paint Iran as a menace that needs confronting.
From the economist.com
Speculators are now seen as a menace to Argentina's dollar-pegged exchange rate.
From the economist.com
Then, we had to take his car keys away because he'd become a menace on the road.
From the kentucky.com
Least of all that responsible sale and ownership of handguns is a public menace.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jo Stretch exudes a controlled menace, part John Osborne, part Trenchcoat Mafia.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
These are not the images people conjure up when they think of the Soviet menace.
From the time.com
Computer hacking is a serious menace to nations and their security institutions.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- Something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
- Endanger: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
- A threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"
- Express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
- Act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"
- (menacing) baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation ...
- Menace was a 1953 to 1954 American crime/horror anthology comic book series published by Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics. ...
- Menace (Lily Hollister) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics villain and enemy of Spider-Man. Her first appearance as Lily Hollister is in The Amazing Spider-Man #545, and her first appearance as the costumed character Menace is in The Amazing Spider-Man #549, which is the start of the ...
- The fifth season of the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 commenced airing on Showtime in the United States on June 29, 2001, concluded on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2002, and contained 22 episodes. ...
