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How to pronounce hazard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adventure, chance, gamble, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
Type of try, assay, attempt, essay, seek
Has types luck through, luck it, go for broke
Type Words
Synonyms endangerment, jeopardy, peril, risk
Type of danger
Has types occupational hazard, health hazard, moral hazard, sword of damocles
Derivation hazardous


drinking alcohol is a health hazard.
Type Words
Synonyms adventure, jeopardize, stake, venture
Type of put on the line, lay on the line, risk
Type Words
Synonyms chance, fortune, luck
Type of phenomenon
Has types bad luck, tossup, mischance, mishap, even chance, toss-up
Type Words
Synonyms guess, pretend, venture
Type of speculate
Has types prognosticate, anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, suspect, surmise, predict, promise
Type Words
Type of obstacle
Has types sand trap, bunker, water hazard, trap

Examples of hazard

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Authorities argued that they're not liable because the home was a public hazard.
From the sacbee.com
Wheels from other small toy cars can come off and also prevent a choking hazard.
From the abcnews.go.com
Perform safety analyses to include hazard identification, control, and tracking.
From the jobview.monster.com
Drilling for shale gas may pose a safety hazard if there are water wells nearby.
From the newscientist.com
You can score up to five marks per hazard and need to get at least 44 out of 75.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
They will be brown, have no needles left and would be one heck of a fire hazard.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This poses an ingestion hazard to infants and can lead to diarrhea and vomiting.
From the thenewstribune.com
A local arborist figures the tree has about 10 years before it becomes a hazard.
From the thenewstribune.com
They can encourage insect damage, weaken the foundation or create a fire hazard.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
  • Guess: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
  • Luck: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
  • Venture: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
  • An obstacle on a golf course
  • Gamble: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
  • A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency situation. ...
  • Hazard is a 2005 Japanese movie.
  • Hazard, in comics may refer to: * Hazard (DC Comics) * Hazard (Marvel Comics) * Hazard (Wildstorm), a Wildstorm series