menace
noun
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
menacer
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a word derived from
menace.
Example Sentences
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I saw that selfsame child, my menacer, Such as my frightful dream had fashioned him.
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by J. Donkersley
But a few feet separated us when I sprang to my feet and dashed madly toward my menacer in a vain effort to dodge past him and reach the outside world.
From The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Perhaps this dread of a constant menacer, and the more terrible fear of being left alone in its presence, had prevented bloodshed when their more furious quarrels were at their height.
From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Coningsby Dawson
