MENACE


Meaning of MENACE in English

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 ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .