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ENDANGERMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
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)
