| NOUN | state | danger | the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury |
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| act | danger, risk, peril | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | |
| state | danger | a cause of pain or injury or loss | |
| location | danger | a dangerous place |
| Sounds | dey'njher | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Alger ... wager: 53 rhymes with jher... | |
| Meaning | The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury. | |
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| Narrower | clear and present danger | A standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged |
| hazardousness, perilousness | The state of being dangerous | |
| insecurity | The state of being subject to danger or injury | |
| riskiness, peril | A state of danger involving risk | |
| vulnerability, exposure | The state of being vulnerable or exposed | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Opposite | safety | The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions |
| Spanish | peligro | |
| Catalan | perill | |
| Meaning | A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. | |
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| Example | "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" | |
| Synonyms | risk, peril | |
| Narrower | chance | A risk involving danger |
| crapshoot | A risky and uncertain venture | |
| gamble | A risky act or venture | |
| Broader | venture | Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
| Spanish | amanaza, peligro, riesgo | |
| Catalan | perill, risc | |
| Meaning | A cause of pain or injury or loss. | |
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| Example | "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" | |
| Narrower | hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment | A source of danger |
| menace, threat | Something that is a source of danger | |
| powder keg | A potentially explosive state | |
| Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
| Spanish | peligro | |
| Catalan | perill | |
| Adjectives | dangerous | involving or causing danger or risk |
| Meaning | A dangerous place. | |
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| Example | "He moved out of danger" | |
| Broader | area, country | A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |
| Adjectives | dangerous | involving or causing danger or risk |
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