menace
noun
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat.
menaces
Example Sentences
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When these run out of legitimate purpose, they become actual menaces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
EU officials said that as part of the efforts they want to step up the mandatory registration of drones across the bloc to be able to better keep track of potential menaces.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
It is a disgrace, he says, that the energy firms can send out "menaces" like that over a problem of their making.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Slow-moving brackish water, threatening to swallow whatever comes near, menaces in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Holding kids deemed menaces to society in a place that would be completely normal if not for the twelve-foot barbed-wire-topped fences seems like someone’s bad idea of a joke.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
