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Meanings of menace in inglês

português
arriscar
catalão
amenaçar
espanhol
amenazar

Pose a threat to; present a danger to.

      arriscar
      português
      ameaça
      catalão
      amenaça
      espanhol
      amenaza

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

            ameaça
            Usage of menace in inglês
            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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