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  • 1hazard — n. & v. n. 1 a danger or risk. 2 a source of this. 3 chance. 4 a dice game with a complicated arrangement of chances. 5 Golf an obstruction in playing a shot, e.g. a bunker, water, etc. 6 each of the winning openings in a real tennis court. v.tr …

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  • 2expose — ex·pose vt ex·posed, ex·pos·ing 1: to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as a: to make (one) open to liability or financial loss b: to leave (a child) uncared for and lacking shelter from the elements 2: to cause to be visible or …

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  • 3hazard — haz·ard / ha zərd/ n: a condition that tends to create or increase the possibility of loss used esp. in insurance law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hazard …

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  • 4Hazard — Haz ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hazarding}.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See {Hazard}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. [1913 Webster] Men hazard… …

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  • 5hazard — [haz′ərd] n. [ME < OFr hasard, game of dice, adventure < ? Ar az zahr, for Egypt colloq. Ar al zahr, dice] 1. an early game of chance played with dice, from which craps is derived 2. chance, or a chance occurrence 3. a) risk; peril; danger; …

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  • 6hazard — n 1 accident, *chance, fortune, luck, hap 2 jeopardy, peril, *danger, risk Analogous words: possibility, probability, likelihood (see corresponding adjectives at PROBABLE): contingency, exigency, emergency (see JUNCTURE) hazard vb …

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  • 7expose — [v1] reveal advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up*, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, lay bare*, lay open*, leak, let cat out of bag*, let… …

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  • 8hazard — hazardable, adj. hazarder, n. hazardless, adj. /haz euhrd/, n. 1. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards. 2. something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of… …

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  • 9hazard — /ˈhæzəd / (say hazuhd) noun 1. a risk; exposure to danger or harm. 2. the cause of such a risk; a potential source of harm, injury, difficulty, etc.: the car has become a major hazard in modern life. 3. chance; uncertainty. 4. the uncertainty of… …

  • 10expose — v. To show publicly; to display; to offer to the public view, as, to expose goods to sale, to expose a tariff or schedule of rates, to expose misconduct of public or quasi public figures. To place in a position where the object spoken of is open… …

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