I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her manner suddenly changed from friendliness and warmth to one of faint menace .
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His eyes blazed with menace .
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His voice was soft but his tone and expression were full of menace .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A menace from the dead girl hung over her father in this hour of triumph.
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Despite all the menace , nobody dies.
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He heard himself chuckling, but the sound was rich with contempt and menace .
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He was the first to identify drugs as the number one menace to domestic security.
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The dailies pictured Azusa Street in tones of amusement or menace .
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They would depart in the spring, to avoid the malarial menace of the later seasons.
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Tuami and his people have escaped from the perceived menace of Neanderthal man, whose humanity they do not recognise.
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You can not build a fair system on that stinking swamp of menace and malice and neglect.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Circuits in computers and other control instrumentation can likewise act as unintended receivers, menacing the operation of whole manufacturing plants.
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She was afraid to move; on all sides she was menaced by the half-open doors of empty rooms.
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The mask made him seem menacing, and she suddenly had the sensation that with Lucenzo she was playing with fire.
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The whole community has been living in fear for far too long, menaced equally by both sets of paramilitaries.