as in threat
something that may cause injury or harm
a loaded gun is a menace that this household doesn't need
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as in to endanger
to place in danger
menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended
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as in to threaten
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet
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Recent Examples of menace
Rebeccah Heinrichs, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025
Sure enough, the menace checked in about halfway through the first quarter, when the Longhorns had just regained the lead.
—Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Pop-culture figures like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman are so ubiquitous as to be both movie characters and parodies of themselves, and this DuckTales episode is good for any kids that like monsters but aren’t quite ready to be menaced by them yet.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Congress should ensure that Americans understand the nature and the scope of this authoritarian menace, too.
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The costume was designed by Adrian Adolph Greenburg, who went by Gilbert Adrian professionally, and became the one used in the film after an original was deemed not menacing enough.
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Mariners traversing the bar are urged to exercise extreme caution or stay in port until the threat subsides.—
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Information widely available within the industry suggested that land movement related to hurricane activity was a threat to pipelines.—
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On Friday, Wieber was arraigned before Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro on charges of first- and second-degree kidnapping, both of which are felonies, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.—
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Hale returned to the stand for an hour Thursday morning in an effort to salvage her testimony, but defense lawyers ultimately argued that allowing her testimony to stand would endanger Gonzales' right to a fair trial.—
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His comments appear to be in response to Trump’s post on Truth Social, threatening military backing for Iranian protesters.—
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That melting is threatening the island’s infrastructure and the lifestyles of native people, who over millennia have adapted their transportation and food systems to the presence of snow and ice.—
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People get in the bathtub, think something, bathe themselves and then stand up from the bathwater, all of this is rather ordinary, but even the most ordinary thing in this world can conceal considerable danger.—
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Sensing danger, Charlie doubles down on sucking up.—
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For five years, the group from Mexico's National Autonomous University has climbed the volcano with pounds of equipment, risked data loss due to bad weather or a volcanic explosion and used artificial intelligence to analyze the seismic data.—
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The department said that their recovery efforts would risk a lengthy, unannounced closure and could damage the plow.—
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“Menace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menace. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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