noun
- threats or sources of danger
Usage: plural of menace
verb
- threatens or poses a danger to
Usage: third person singular present
Examples
- The storm clouds were dark menaces on the horizon.
- Traffic accidents are serious menaces to public safety.
- The bully’s constant menaces made school unbearable.
- Rising sea levels menace coastal communities worldwide.
- The disease menaces thousands of people each year.
- Wild animals can be menaces to hikers in remote areas.
- The dictator menaces neighboring countries with invasion.