Hazard
noun
A danger or risk.
Cigarette smoke is a health hazard.
Often appears as...
- health hazard
- fire hazard
verb
Venture to say (something).
He hazarded a guess.
Often appears as...
- hazard a guess
- hazard a comment
noun
A type of golf hole.
He hit his ball into the water hazard.
Often appears as...
- water hazard
- bunker hazard
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A chance or accident.
Haply also he will hazard that.
noun
A danger or risk.
Cigarette smoke is a health hazard.
Often appears as...
- health hazard
- fire hazard
verb
Venture to say (something).
He hazarded a guess.
Often appears as...
- hazard a guess
- hazard a comment
noun
A type of golf hole.
He hit his ball into the water hazard.
Often appears as...
- water hazard
- bunker hazard
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A chance or accident.
Haply also he will hazard that.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Visible vs Invisible
Hazards can be physical, like a slippery floor, or not obvious, like harmful fumes.
A gas leak presents an invisible hazard.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Varies
A hazard might be minor or serious; context helps indicate its severity.
Wet floors are a minor hazard compared to a fire.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention Focus
Often used where prevention or caution is needed to avoid potential danger.
Safety equipment reduces the hazard in the chemical plant.
Pro Tip 1/3Visible vs Invisible
Hazards can be physical, like a slippery floor, or not obvious, like harmful fumes.
A gas leak presents an invisible hazard.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Varies
A hazard might be minor or serious; context helps indicate its severity.
Wet floors are a minor hazard compared to a fire.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention Focus
Often used where prevention or caution is needed to avoid potential danger.
Safety equipment reduces the hazard in the chemical plant.
Pro Tip 1/3Visible vs Invisible
Hazards can be physical, like a slippery floor, or not obvious, like harmful fumes.
A gas leak presents an invisible hazard.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Varies
A hazard might be minor or serious; context helps indicate its severity.
Wet floors are a minor hazard compared to a fire.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevention Focus
Often used where prevention or caution is needed to avoid potential danger.
Safety equipment reduces the hazard in the chemical plant.
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
And I want to share a few, a few of them with you. So, when you are deciding whether or not to run a rapid, right? That's one of the most important decisions you can make as a when to run and when to walk around it. And so, what I first want to do is I want to look at all of the hazards, right?
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What's the World's Most...
took off tobacco companies transitioned to marketing it as a way to reduce smoking hazards today with more than 6 trillion cigarettes being manufactured every year that filter made from cellulose acetate aka plastic became one of the most littered plastic items in the world
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The Secret World of...
if the noot survives the hazards of its early life it must overcome the limitation placed on it by its rigid exoskeleton in order to grow and this is achieved through a series of months once free of the old exoskeleton the nymph puts on an instantaneous growth spurt
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The game-changing...
Because of this hazard, they spend most of their time living in or near fresh water. That is, until a breakthrough in evolution changes the amniotic egg. The amniotic egg is shelled, waterproof, and can be laid on dry land. It is produced by the amniotes,
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
now this is burned it's an environmental hazard it's a hazard for human and animal health because they are often located in seasonal watercourses and that contaminates the groundwater likewise what happens when you put
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How to build safer...
to address all of these hazards heat wind floods earthquakes access ventilation light privacy security trust to make housing more resilient so it's time for us to have the grit to resist
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Hosts work hard to spread these ideas to others. I myself am a philosopher, and one of our occupational hazards is that people ask us what the meaning of life is.
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Baby Monkey Mistaken for...
for our spy creatures being immersed in the world of animals is not without its hazards in Rajasthan the temple Langer's have taken spy monkey into the heart of
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Amazing Animal...
emotions for our spy creatures being immersed in the world of animals is not without its hazards in rajasthan the temple langers have
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
And I want to share a few, a few of them with you. So, when you are deciding whether or not to run a rapid, right? That's one of the most important decisions you can make as a when to run and when to walk around it. And so, what I first want to do is I want to look at all of the hazards, right?
Video examples
What's the World's Most...
took off tobacco companies transitioned to marketing it as a way to reduce smoking hazards today with more than 6 trillion cigarettes being manufactured every year that filter made from cellulose acetate aka plastic became one of the most littered plastic items in the world
Video examples
The Secret World of...
if the noot survives the hazards of its early life it must overcome the limitation placed on it by its rigid exoskeleton in order to grow and this is achieved through a series of months once free of the old exoskeleton the nymph puts on an instantaneous growth spurt
Video examples
The game-changing...
Because of this hazard, they spend most of their time living in or near fresh water. That is, until a breakthrough in evolution changes the amniotic egg. The amniotic egg is shelled, waterproof, and can be laid on dry land. It is produced by the amniotes,
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
now this is burned it's an environmental hazard it's a hazard for human and animal health because they are often located in seasonal watercourses and that contaminates the groundwater likewise what happens when you put
Video examples
How to build safer...
to address all of these hazards heat wind floods earthquakes access ventilation light privacy security trust to make housing more resilient so it's time for us to have the grit to resist
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
the world of animals is not without its hazards in rajasthan the temple langers have taken spy monkey into the heart of the family but some are keen to take the budding
Video examples
Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Hosts work hard to spread these ideas to others. I myself am a philosopher, and one of our occupational hazards is that people ask us what the meaning of life is.
Video examples
Baby Monkey Mistaken for...
for our spy creatures being immersed in the world of animals is not without its hazards in Rajasthan the temple Langer's have taken spy monkey into the heart of
Video examples
Amazing Animal...
emotions for our spy creatures being immersed in the world of animals is not without its hazards in rajasthan the temple langers have
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Irish Scientist
Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a couple of degrees off course. But I don't think solar storms are a life-threatening event.
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Amy Morin
American Author
There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.
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Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.
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Theodor Herzl
Hungarian Journalist
Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one.
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Jack Ramsay
American Coach
I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned how to deal with stress, too.
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Peter Landesman
American Director
Life is itself an occupational hazard. Sometimes the things we love hurt us. Embracing and navigating around that contradiction is part of what it is to be alive.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence.
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Edith Hamilton
American Writer
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
Quote examples
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Irish Scientist
Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a couple of degrees off course. But I don't think solar storms are a life-threatening event.
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Amy Morin
American Author
There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.
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Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.
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Theodor Herzl
Hungarian Journalist
Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one.
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Jack Ramsay
American Coach
I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned how to deal with stress, too.
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Peter Landesman
American Director
Life is itself an occupational hazard. Sometimes the things we love hurt us. Embracing and navigating around that contradiction is part of what it is to be alive.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence.
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Edith Hamilton
American Writer
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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