menaced

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They felt that their supremacy was menaced, and largely by his instrumentality.

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  1. noun A possible danger; a threat: the menace of nuclear war.
  2. noun The act of threatening.
  3. noun A troublesome or annoying person: a toddler who was a menace in a shop full of crystal.
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  • When we got out of the Jeep and crossed to the small door I felt vaguely menaced, as if I were about to enter a cold tomb from which there was no exit. —  Marcia Muller - [16] A Wild and Lonely Place
  • His attitude was quiet and pensive; I began to feel I was dreaming rather than menaced, and I dared to lift the lids of some of the dishes. —  The Historian
  • The Belgians considered that they too were menaced, and that now or never was the time to strike for their independence. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • The world is presently menaced, chiefly, by two institutions of policy-shaping. —  LaRouche's Latest
  • In those days the Turkish side looked distinctly more prosperous, though on neither side were we at all menaced or hassled. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
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