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noun
Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendency to threaten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: menace
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Late Latin minacitas, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -itas (“-ity: forming abstract nouns”).
