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Danger

[deyn-jer]

noun

liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.

an instance or cause of peril; menace.

Obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English da(u)nger < Anglo-French; Old French dangier, alteration of dongier (by influence of dam damage) < Vulgar Latin *domniārium, equivalent to Latin domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary

Related forms

dan·ger·less, adjective

su·per·dan·ger, noun

Synonyms
1. Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril. Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation: To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.

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Insurance companies see danger from extreme weather.

With demand weak and the fiscal vice tightening, it is hard to see an imminent danger of inflation.

These squid are large enough to be a potential danger to human divers.

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Insurance companies see danger from extreme weather.

With demand weak and the fiscal vice tightening, it is hard to see an imminent danger of inflation.

These squid are large enough to be a potential danger to human divers.

Even before they've hatched, red-eyed tree frogs have a nose for danger.

But the danger wasn't truly recognized until after the mid-1950s.

Sow seed directly in garden beds in spring, after all danger of frost is past.

Professors at research universities appear to be in little danger of perishing.

Their municipally run companies were in danger of bankrupting not only themselves but the cities too.

Other amphibian species are in danger if the hybrid's range continues to spread throughout the valley.

The day-care centers that millions of parents entrust their children to harbor a hidden danger.

The big danger in potato salad is, actually, the potatoes.

If you live in a mild climate, sow tomatillo seeds directly in the ground once all danger of frost is past.

Muller misrepresented the facts about nuclear radiation by claiming that such radiation posed a grave danger at any dose.

The danger is particularly pronounced in hostile bids that cross borders and involve much-loved brands.

Of course, from the perspective of pet owners, coyotes are a danger.

Despite the chemical's ubiquity, company officials are adamant that there is no evidence of any danger thus far.

Lions, tigers and cheetahs are all threatened, but they are not the only cat species whose populations are in danger.

After danger of frost is past, sow seed in place or set out plants started in flats.

The danger exists that organisms living in the water might absorb nanoparticles through their gills and skin, and with their food.

The danger is that these growth gaps will widen rather than narrow.

Even after it leaves the pouch, the young animal will frequently crawl back in to nurse or to escape danger.

What an insane idea unhealthy agri-pig farm conditions and infected pigs being a danger to pork eaters.

The monastery and its paintings are in grave danger.

Plant tubers in spring after soil has warmed and danger of frost is past.

In school, the danger is that students start identifying thinking and inquiring too much with the tools themselves.

Another flap illustrates the danger of over-reacting to such pokes.

Ants communicate and cooperate by using chemicals that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source.

All three of these situation increase the danger of food poisonings.

Always rare, the flytrap is now in danger of becoming the mythical creature it sounds as if it should be.

When young plants are well established and frost danger is past, plant outdoors.

Then not only the penguins but the whole world will be in danger.

They tell us there is danger when no danger exists and they tell us there is no danger when there is danger.

Interestingly, the escape response to trucks persists in the absence of real danger.

Set plants out in spring when frost danger is past and soil is warm.

Normal mice quickly learned that the sound was a danger signal, and responded by freezing.

Plant-dwelling insects are in perpetual danger of being accidentally munched on by plant-eating animals.

And, since they have a theory, there is always the danger of only noticing the things that help to prove it and ignoring the rest.

Prune out any damaged parts when frost danger is past.

Like prairie dogs, ground squirrels take turns on sentry duty, warning the others of any danger.

But they notify other organisms of danger and opportunity, and also function as methods of plant-plant communication.

And an important part of their legacy is in danger of disappearing.

After all danger of frost is past, remove the collar.

Green basilisk lizards can avoid danger by darting across water.

Anything that is not deemed a danger is dismissed and fades away from our consciousness.

But it is, at the same time, a kind of expression of real danger.

The next best time is spring, after all danger of frost is past and before weather turns hot.

With so many dams, it is hard to know where the gravest danger lies.

The carp are a danger to humans that wish to boat on the waters the carp inhabit.

Perhaps the dinosaur was after a potential meal, or was in danger of becoming a meal itself.

The blind warning the blind about a danger that isn't there.

The tragedies spotlight the real, though rare, danger of.

Yet scientists say the terrifying predator is itself in grave danger.

But the nature of the change is in danger of being misunderstood.

The danger may only get worse, and geologists hope to map problem areas to help.

Plant seedlings in the garden after all danger of frost is past, or plant a bit early and protect crops with row covers.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.

He claims that the increased danger in the run-up to the quake was.

Brady wants to test the danger of wild hog tusks, but first he has to get the nerve to get close to one.

Increasingly sophisticated onboard computers may put cars in danger of cyber attacks.

Now that doesn't sound so bad, except here's the catch: she wasn't actually in danger of missing the midterm.

Yet without painful surgery, there is a real danger that the arteries of finance may soon clog.

The orca may look striking, but their black and white beauty can spell extreme danger for an arctic seal.

Government moves to limit danger of disease by listing retail locations stocking and/or selling contaminated products.

Folks from small towns and farms tend to see the only big town in the state as a paved jungle of noise, danger and depravity.

My belief is that what is fair should trump the danger of an un-collegial reaction by the other professor.

America seems in no danger of becoming a society divided by language.

When danger lurks, the prairie dog males fend for themselves, but the females look out for the community.

The sport will not be without some element of danger, but with a good machine this danger need not be excessive.

Though clear water would seem to put the fish in danger of being seen by predators, overstory trees conceal the pond from.

The danger of being crushed by heavy machinery was ever present.

Natural selection means the existing ones are in constant danger that pathogens will evolve resistance to them.

Amazing cultures are in danger of disappearing forever.

They will continue to come back unless an environment sparks danger or is undesirable.

When the volcano erupts, the city is in great danger.

Experts say such a high cancer danger from a single source is highly unusual.

But there is also a danger of burn-out, as you mentioned.

Critics think this shows the danger of steering employees towards equities.

These red-haired apes are in danger of becoming extinct.

Such evidence could help scientists gauge the danger posed today by medium-size comets or asteroids.

The main danger for these animals is animal clearance and the residents in the area of mission beach.

If you notice these danger signals in late afternoon or evening, move at-risk.

Advisers could place last-minute phone calls on behalf of those in danger of coming up short.

The second danger is that the system becomes progressively less stable as risk-taking is encouraged.

Unfortunately, many of them are in danger of disappearing forever.

Scientists say that the much larger oily sheen, which will dissipate on its own, is less of a danger.

People aren't jumping into the water unless a site is in danger or stands to advance research.

If not raging over something, they would seem in danger of collapsing into inner emptiness.

Moreover, there is always a danger that freedoms extended at the whim of a ruler can be withdrawn.

Throughout history ordinary humans have become extraordinary by reacting to danger with unimaginable courage.

And you cant escape the truth lie honest danger death wish.

They are also in danger of being poached and farmed for their body.

Weirdly satirical parody, also about the danger of falling prey to our own fictions.

With half of all marriages doomed to fail, even the moderately hardheaded may be interested in ways of mitigating the danger.

Every step held danger and excitement as rocks fell and gas jets spewed.

Indeed, the biggest danger in thinking about the global future of higher education is overestimating what we've already learned.

And there is another danger that is rarely mentioned in the offices of business bigwigs.

Unlike animals, plants can't run from danger or go off in search of food.

To be sure, the building has seen more than its share of difficulty and danger as well.

One danger of this kind of test is if instructors try to match teaching style to learning styles.

But the danger of a big economic or political upset has receded.

Young monk seals are in danger of being eaten by sharks and being attacked by adult male monk seals.

It is not education overall in danger but the public education.

The danger is that this process itself creates a crisis:.

The major danger of gun availability is not violence to others but to oneself, primarily through suicide.

However, the danger of giving discretion to regulators is that practice will vary from country to country.

Prey for lions and hyenas, zebras are constantly on the lookout for danger.

B vitamins are water soluble, so there is not as much danger of overdose as fat soluble vitamins.

One is the danger posed by the fragility of the world economy.

Others refused to believe there was any real danger.

But the latest research provides further confirmation that the danger lies.

When there is danger of that happening, other humans often come to the rescue.

IF you think that you are in danger of foreclosure, contact the lender quickly.

Sometimes groups of ground squirrels work together to warn each other of approaching danger with a whistling call.

There is a real danger that excessive removals of wild fish for the.

The magazine covers educational and health topics, as well as local information such as the danger of landmines.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), adjective, noun

damn (used euphemistically).

Origin:
1780–90

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World English Dictionary

danger (ˈdeɪndʒə)

—n
1.	the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
2.	a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
3.	obsolete power
4.	in danger of liable to
5.	on the danger list critically ill in hospital

[C13: daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum]

'dangerless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

dang

1793, euphemism for damn.

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danger

early 13c., "power of a lord or master, jurisdiction," from Anglo-Fr. daunger, O.Fr. dangier "power to harm, mastery," alteration (due to assoc. with damnum) of dongier, from V.L. *dominarium "power of a lord," from L. dominus "lord, master" (see domain). Modern sense of

"risk, peril" (from being in the control of someone or something else) evolved first in French and was in English late 14c. Replaced O.E. pleoh; in early M.E. this sense is found in peril.

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