noun
1 danger
ADJECTIVE
▪ growing , increasing
▪
the growing ~ of drugs
▪ great , real , serious
▪ alien
▪
a new and alien ~ to our agriculture
▪ evil
▪ public
▪
They have become a public ~.
VERB + MENACE
▪ pose
▪
the ~ posed by car fumes
▪ combat , counter , fight
▪
Local traders are struggling to combat the ~ of armed robbery.
▪ defeat
▪ become
▪
If paroled he will become a ~ to society.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
He's a ~ to society.
2 threatening quality
ADJECTIVE
▪ hidden , quiet , silent
▪
‘Where do you think you're going?’ he said with quiet ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
eyes glittering with ~
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~
▪
The scar down his face added to his air of ~.