hazard
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hazard"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to put someone or something at danger or risk
Transitive: to hazard sth
to hazard definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Improper handling of chemicals may hazard environmental contamination.
āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻĻā§‚āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to state an opinion, guess, suggestion, etc. even though there are chances of one being wrong
Transitive: to hazard an opinion or guess
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She did n't want to hazard an opinion on the matter without more information.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take a chance or risk, hoping for a positive result or outcome
Transitive: to hazard an action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hazarded a trip across the mountains, hoping the weather would hold.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ

something that poses a risk or danger
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Smoking is a well-known health hazard that can lead to serious diseases.
āϧ⧂āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āϝāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āϰ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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an unpredictable or unknown factor that influences outcomes, often in events, experiments, or decisions

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stock market involves hazards that make long-term predictions difficult.
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a designed obstacle or challenge on a golf course, such as a sand trap or water feature

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sand bunkers are common hazards on professional courses.
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