menace

About 3.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A perceived threat or danger. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The act of threatening.
3. noun An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
4. verb To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.

   to menace a country with war

5. verb To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
6. verb To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

Similar words

threat threaten peril jeopardize imperil endanger threatening intimidation plight dangerous

Often followed by

to of and in the was that from is

Word family

menaced menaces menacing