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Verb
/ˈmenəs/,
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menaces, plural;
  1. Threaten, esp. in a malignant or hostile manner
    • - Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching
Noun
  1. A person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger
    • - a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs
    • - the snakes are a menace to farm animals
  2. A threatening quality, tone, or atmosphere
    • - he spoke the words with a hint of menace
  3. A person or thing that causes trouble or annoyance
    • - his kid sister, that chatty little menace, had become the knockout of the neighborhood
  1. something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
  2. endanger: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
  3. a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"
  4. express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
  5. act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"
  6. (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 ...
  7. Menace was a 1953 to 1954 American crime/horror anthology comic book series published by Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics. ...
  8. Menace or Maenace (Greek Μαινάκη Mainákē) is an ancient Greek settlement lying to the southeast of Spain according to Strabo (3,4,2). The exact location is unknown to date.
  9. 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 ...
  10. 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. ...
  11. Menace is a horizontal scrolling shooter game developed by DMA Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS.
  12. The Menace is the second album by English alternative rock group Elastica, released via Deceptive Records in April 2000.
  13. The Menace is a 1932 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill. The screenplay by Roy Chanslor, Dorothy Howell, and Charles Logue is based on the 1927 novel The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace.
  14. Menacing (in some states known as brandishing) is a violent crime in most state jurisdictions of the United States. ...
  15. a perceived threat or danger; the act of threatening; a dangerous person; to make threats (against someone); to intimidate; to endanger someone or something; to imperil or jeopardize
  16. (menacing) Suggesting imminent harm; Threatening
  17. Coercion, pressure. A threatening act which is aimed at forcing a person to act against their wishes.
  18. Operational code name for Allied operations at Dakar - September 1940.
  19. Getting a person to enter into a contract by undue influence, or fear, but short of actual violence as in Duress. The contract is voidable by the injured party as it lacks Voluntary Agreement.
  20. A card that requires an opponent to retain a higher card in the same suit, as a guard. The term is typically used of squeeze play.
  21. A threat to commit duress.