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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.
danger
/ ˈdeɪndʒə /
noun
- the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
- a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
- obsolete.power
- in danger ofliable to
- on the danger listcritically ill in hospital
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Derived Forms
- ˈdangerless, adjective
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Other Words From
- danger·less adjective
- super·danger noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of danger1
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Example Sentences
Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
He remained as hopeful as ever that he would himself join the NYPD, whatever the danger.
They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.
The actions of North Korea this week should also send a clear message about the danger of this regime.
But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
We got off our horses and stooped over the man, forgetting for the moment that danger might lurk in the surrounding thicket.
They soon retired, however, as the Fort was in danger of being attacked from another side.
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