menace
noun
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
menaced
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past participleof menace.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof menace.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
menacenounsomething that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
Example Sentences
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Hawaii was menaced by Hurricane Fausto last month, before the storm weakened and skirted north of the island chain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Sporting what they regard as a face “the color of boiled turnips,” he is first discovered sitting on a steamer trunk in the hall, ripe to be menaced by the family’s dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Even when the whole family is menaced, as in “Poltergeist,” the evil entities have a special yearning to possess little blonde girls.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
Riddle of Fire Rated PG-13 for menaced kids and mumbled dialogue.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
The men who were working along the rows felt possessed by a strange fascination, menaced by some invisible danger, and many succumbed to a terrible desire to weep.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
