danger
IPA: dˈeɪndʒɝ
noun
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- (obsolete) Mischief.
- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
- (obsolete) Liability.
- (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
verb
- (obsolete) To claim liability.
- (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
- (obsolete) To run the risk.
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Examples of "danger" in Sentences
- He is a dangerous charlatan.
- He is a dangerous troglodyte.
- The danger is in the ingestion.
- Are the vipers really dangerous
- Radioactive cesium is dangerous.
- These are the dangers of mutating.
- Be indifferent to the dangers of war.
- The Regatta is in danger of cancellation.
- But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief.
- This is based off of the risk assessment of inhalation danger.
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