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    ENDANGERMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortuneplay

    Example:

    drinking alcohol is a health hazard

    Synonyms:

    endangerment; hazard; jeopardy; peril; risk

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("endangerment" is a kind of...):

    danger (a cause of pain or injury or loss)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endangerment"):

    health hazard (hazard to the health of those exposed to it)

    moral hazard ((economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance))

    occupational hazard (any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury)

    sword of Damocles (a constant and imminent peril)

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