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menaces 1 of 2

noun

plural of menace

as in threats

something that may cause injury or harm a loaded gun is a menace that this household doesn't need

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menaces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of menace

as in endangers

to place in danger menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended

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as in threatens

to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet

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Things don't go well, though, and menaces from across many realities show up to make a big mess. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 There are some crazy laser rays, goofy wipe transitions, robots who are menaces to society, to be sure. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 Those menaces to society take their street tactics with them behind bars and prey on each other. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 Her recent work revives a dreamy Renaissance style to show its absurd incompatibility with the raging, petulant menaces in whom the world’s power is concentrated. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 Our roads are concussion- and whiplash-inducing menaces. — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026 But the ability to beat back our more routine pathological menaces is a good indicator of the country’s ability to take on bigger, more virulent threats. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026 His job is to help fight these teeny-tiny menaces. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025 Perhaps the most familiar trope of Scooby-Doo stories is the resolution, where our investigators unmask the human villains who are menaces dressed as monsters. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Players have revealed their concerns about harassment and death threats reaching a traumatizing level.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Still, the threats have increased for the islands of Niihau and Kauai because the storm's forecast track has shifted steadily eastward, the National Hurricane Center said.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of threats

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But the department has been running into opposition by landowners, environmental groups, Native American tribes and others who argue that the rapid construction endangers environmental and religious sites and a way of life along the border.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Refusing to do so, Luis stirs a rivalry and potentially endangers his own employment.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of endangers

Verb

Trump is putting himself center stage in the midterms with a Dallas convention, even as his low approval rating threatens to drag down GOP candidates.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Against this microcosm of the class war Lee sets the emergence of artificial intelligence, which threatens to further destabilize labor across a range of industries — including his own.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of threatens

Noun

Hearings revealed engineers had raised concerns about the dangers of cold weather on the O-rings, but management ignored the warnings.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
The frenetic pace of updates coupled with the lack of clarity around AI regulation has stoked concerns about the dangers of advanced AI models that are continuously getting more capable.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of dangers

Verb

Ukraine’s former defense minister is launching a military tech company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, a decision that risks alienating Kyiv’s European backers.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Such an operation risks the significant loss of American life, huge costs to Iranian civilians, and disorder across the entire region.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

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