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Meanings of menace in English

Portuguese
arriscar
Catalan
amenaçar
Spanish
amenazar

Pose a threat to; present a danger to.

      arriscar
      Portuguese
      ameaça
      Catalan
      amenaça
      Spanish
      amenaza

      A situation or a person who is regarded as a source of danger.

            ameaça
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            Examples for "threat"
            Examples for "threat"
            1
            Vector-borne diseases, including arboviruses, pose a serious threat to public health worldwide.
            Pubmed
            2
            Fishing industry groups around the North Sea are aware of the threat.
            The Guardian
            3
            Exposures to seizure-inducing chemical threat agents are a major public health concern.
            Pubmed
            4
            Nitrate contamination in drinking water is a major threat to public health.
            Pubmed
            5
            Question of the Week: Are Europe's human rights laws now under threat?
            The Irish Times
            Usage of menace in English
            1
            In the last words a hidden menace rang; therefore Powala answered gravely:
            The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
            2
            The £30 million striker was at his superlative best, a constant menace.
            The Guardian
            3
            Ash got a sense of both hope and menace from the image.
            The Dreaming Place
            4
            The menace was in the tone, not the content of his speech.
            The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
            5
            Despite the good humor, a thread of menace had grown among them.
            The book of spies
            6
            Kane continued to be a menace without getting clear looks at goal.
            The Guardian
            7
            And in the face of such a menace the Arabs remained inert.
            With the Turks in Palestine
            8
            On such occasions the animal needs to strut with menace and assurance.
            The Irish Times
            9
            But somehow here the animals conveyed no sense of menace to Thorne.
            The Lost World
            10
            Do you understand?' A faint hint of menace ensured her full attention.
            The Last Gladiatrix
            11
            This thesis was: the Communist menace to Spain justified the Franco uprising.
            Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War. The brainwashing of Franci...
            12
            Do you think the- ah-petting-party is a serious menace to the Constitution?
            The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
            13
            It blew upon them in cruel menace of conquest, in piercing inclemency.
            The March of the White Guard
            14
            The Indian chief listened to the terrible menace with the utmost composure.
            History of the Conquest of Peru
            15
            Hylton deserves credit as well for the assist and general menace throughout.
            BBC
            16
            Originally England owned the island; now it is a menace to England.
            The Secrets of the German War Office
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