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menace

('m/E/n/I/s )

something that is a source of danger(noun.state)

Synonym:
threat

source: wordnet30
a threat or the act of threatening(noun.communication)

Example:
He spoke with desperate menace.

source: wordnet30
The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.(noun)

source: webster1913

pose a threat to; present a danger to(verb.stative)

Synonym:
endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten

source: wordnet30
express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture(verb.communication)

Example:
He menaced the bank manager with a stick.

source: wordnet30
act in a threatening manner(verb.body)

source: wordnet30
To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war.(verb)

source: webster1913
To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.(verb)

source: webster1913

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