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(v)
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
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(n)
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
(uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(idiomatic) To risk doing something; to try something risky.
A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
Good luck.
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
A bet or wager.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
(idiomatic) To perform an action which may result in a loss or failure.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
(adj)
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
(transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger.
Exposure to likely harm; peril.
The act of putting someone or something in danger.
The state or quality of being dangerous.
Dangerous, full of peril.
Dangerous, involving risks.
Full of danger.
(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
Having a great risk.
The practice or tendency of doing things that are risky or have uncertain outcomes.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
A perceived threat or danger.
An act of threatening; a threat.
(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
vulnerable, especially to abuse or delinquency
The characteristic of being harmful.
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
Physical injury; hurt; damage.
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
(uncountable) The ability to do something.
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
Something or somebody considered likely.
The relative likelihood of an event happening.
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
(countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
A bet; a stake; a pledge.
The playing of a game.
The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
(especially ecology, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
The quality or degree of being toxic.
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
A state of being uncertain or unstable.
A lack of confidence in oneself.
(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
The quality of being perilous.
(obsolete) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.
To make hazardous.
Something that could potentially endanger a person's health.
(obsolete) Gambling.
An information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.
A geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami.
(US, often attributive) Hazardous material(s).
Alternative form of hazmat. [(US, often attributive) Hazardous material(s).]
(archaic) Happenstance; coincidence.
Obsolete form of hindrance. [Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.]
A safe place.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
A form of danger money paid to people working at dangerously high locations.
Alternative form of herriment. [(Scotland, obsolete) harassment; depredation]
(nonstandard, rare) Alternative form of horror. [(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.]
Pronunciation spelling of opportunity. [A chance for advancement, progress or profit.]