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hazard

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

A natural or man-made source or cause of harm or difficulty.

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

an obstacle on a golf course

Wordset Dictionary

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

Wordset Dictionary

a source of danger

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
chancerisk
alternatephrasing
Hazard
plural
hazards
possessive
hazard's
pluralpossessive
hazards'