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menace [mənas]feminine noun* * *mənasnom féminin threat* * *mənas nf* * *menace nf threat; menaces de mort death threats; faire peser une menace sur qn/qch to pose a threat to sb/sth; menaces en l'air idle threats; geste de menace menacing ou threatening gesture; céder à/employer la menace to give in to/to use threats; obtenir de l'argent par la menace to obtain money with menaces; sous la menace [avouer, signer] under duress; tenir qn sous la menace d'une révélation/d'un divorce to threaten sb with a revelation/a divorce; tenir qn sous la menace d'une arme to hold sb at gunpoint; faire qch sous la menace d'une arme to do sth at gunpoint.[mənas] nom fémininune menace pour l'ordre public a danger ou menace ou threat to law and order2. [acte, parole] threatla victime avait reçu des menaces de mort the victim had been threatened with his life ou had received death threatsun geste de menace a threatening ou menacing gestureton lourd ou plein de menace tone heavy ou fraught with menaceIf you don't stop that noise, I'll call the police! Si vous n'arrêtez pas ce tapage, j'appelle la police !Get out before I say something I'll regret! Sors d'ici, ou tu vas me faire dire des choses désagréables !Leave her alone, or else! Laisse-la tranquille, sinon... !You'll be sorry you said that! Je vais te faire regretter d'avoir dit ça !I'm warning you, you'd better not say anything. Je te préviens, tu as intérêt à ne rien direIf you ever do that again,...! Si jamais tu recommences,... !Don't say I didn't warn you! Je t'aurai prévenu !Just you try it! Essaie un peu pour voir ! -
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menace [mənas]feminine noun* * *mənasnom féminin threat* * *mənas nf* * *menace nf threat; menaces de mort death threats; faire peser une menace sur qn/qch to pose a threat to sb/sth; menaces en l'air idle threats; geste de menace menacing ou threatening gesture; céder à/employer la menace to give in to/to use threats; obtenir de l'argent par la menace to obtain money with menaces; sous la menace [avouer, signer] under duress; tenir qn sous la menace d'une révélation/d'un divorce to threaten sb with a revelation/a divorce; tenir qn sous la menace d'une arme to hold sb at gunpoint; faire qch sous la menace d'une arme to do sth at gunpoint.
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knifepoint — [[t]na͟ɪfpɔɪnt[/t]] also knife point PHRASE: PHR after v If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you. [JOURNALISM] A 15 year old girl was attacked at knifepoint in a subway … English dictionary
knifepoint — knife·point (nīfʹpoint ) n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. * * * … Universalium
knifepoint — knife|point [ˈnaıfpɔınt] n at knifepoint using a knife to threaten someone ▪ An eighty year old man was robbed at knifepoint in his home … Dictionary of contemporary English
knifepoint — /ˈnaɪfpɔɪnt/ (say nuyfpoynt) adjective 1. involving a threat from a knife attack: a knifepoint kidnapping. –phrase 2. at knifepoint, under threat from a knife attack …
knifepoint — noun the pointed end of a knife. Phrases at knifepoint under threat of injury from a knife … English new terms dictionary
knifepoint — knife•point [[t]ˈnaɪfˌpɔɪnt[/t]] n. cvb the point of a knife • at knifepoint Etymology: 1910–15 … From formal English to slang
knifepoint — noun Date: circa 1911 the point of a knife … New Collegiate Dictionary
knifepoint — noun The pointed end of a knife … Wiktionary
knifepoint — n. tip of a knife … English contemporary dictionary
knifepoint — … Useful english dictionary
at knifepoint — under threat of injury from a knife he was mugged at knifepoint * * * at knifepoint used to describe a situation in which someone is being threatened by a person with a knife They were robbed at knifepoint. [=someone robbed them while threatening … Useful english dictionary