hazard
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- noun
- /ˈhæzərd/
- This is a precautionary quarantine... due to a potential biological hazard.
- a safety hazard
- health hazards
- environmental hazard
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then the second thing is, but isn't this a giant fire hazard?
- And then the second thing is, but isn't this a giant fire hazard?
- He's like, well, yeah, the hazards of our chosen profession, right.
- Other info hazards, however, are much more subtle and better written.
- Hierarchy app guarantees that there is no spam, scam or other safety hazard on the app.
- So moving too fast, plus hazards means you get hurt.
- It seemed like a fire hazard, it seemed.
- So the people who work in hazards don't want to talk about prediction.
- So I'm not really sure how candles are a fire hazard and that's not.
- So what hazard ratio strength did they find in this study?
- Technique is a hazard to lonely evangelists.
- And though those were the hazards, right?
Examples
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I'd call that a serious fire hazard.
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- It's an occupational hazard, I'm afraid.
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Is this an international health hazard or a military concern?
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We should be getting hazard pay for this sort of faulty equipment.
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Due to the potentially dangerous hazards involved...
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So there are space natural hazards that we're gradually coming to understand.
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Can surgical smoke present a hazard to the general or respiratory health of operating-theatre workers?
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The flood posed a significant hazard to the nearby homes and businesses.
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Workers in construction sites face various hazards every day, such as falling objects.
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The health inspector identified several safety hazards in the restaurant's kitchen.
Synonyms
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1.0
A chance that people or things will be harmed
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2.3
Something likely to cause harm or danger
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5.7
A serious danger that can cause harm or loss
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.2
Someone takes more risk because they are safe from losses, often because of insurance
- Jargon
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3.0
A part of a golf course with water, like a pond or stream, that players try to avoid
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Etymology
The word hazard comes from an old dice-game word az-zahr from Arabic, which meant 'the dice' or 'chance'. Because dice are about risk and luck, hazard came to mean something that may cause harm or danger.