danger
Noun
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The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury (synset 114564367)
"you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"subtypes:
- 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
- peril, riskiness - a state of danger involving risk
- exposure, vulnerability - the state of being vulnerable or exposed
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A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (synset 100803899)
"he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"is a type of: venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcomesubtypes:
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A cause of pain or injury or loss (synset 114564646)
"he feared the dangers of traveling by air"is a type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or resultssubtypes:
- endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- powder keg - a potentially explosive state
- menace, threat - something that is a source of danger
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A dangerous place (synset 108661788)
"He moved out of danger"
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