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Collocations for menace - noun

1. danger

ADJ.

growing, increased, increasing
the growing menace of drugs
serious

VERB + MENACE

pose
the menace posed by car fumes
combat, counter
Shop owners are struggling to combat the menace of armed robbery.

PREP.

~ to
He''s a menace to society.

2. threatening quality

ADJ.

hidden, quiet, silent
‘Where do you think you''re going?’ he said with quiet menace.

PREP.

with ~
eyes glittering with menace

PHRASES

an air of menace
The scar down his face added to his air of menace.

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