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minatory When, in 1935 I saw at the cinema newsreels showing the destruction of the Abyssinian warriors by the tanks and dive-bombers of Mussolini it was with little interest and less comprehension, and a few months later when Hitler’s troops invaded the Rhineland no minatory sound of war drums reached my ears.

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adj. Conveying a threat; warning. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Word	minatory
Definition	adj. Conveying a threat; warning.
Sentence	When, in 1935 I saw at the cinema newsreels showing the destruction of the Abyssinian warriors by the tanks and dive-bombers of Mussolini it was with little interest and less comprehension, and a few months later when Hitler’s troops invaded the Rhineland no minatory sound of war drums reached my ears.
Source	The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Minatory Adj Conveying Threat Warning I Cinema Newsreels