menaced

Variant of menace

menace definition

men·ace (men′əs)

noun

  1. a threat or the act of threatening
  2. anything threatening harm or evil
  3. Informal a person who is a nuisance

Etymology: OFr < L minacia < minax (gen. minacis), projecting, threatening < minari, to threaten < minae, threats, orig. projecting points of walls < IE base *men-, to project > Cornish meneth, mountain

transitive verb, intransitive verb menaced -·aced, menacing -·ac·ing

to threaten or be a danger (to)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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