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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

A situation or condition that poses a risk or threat to someone or something.

e.g. The sign warned of danger from the steep cliff ahead.

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Similar Words

Cumber

Distress

Hazard

Imminence

Jeopardy

Menace

Peril

Pitfall

Reef

Risk

Threat

Trouble

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Opposite Words

Asylum

Exemption

Guard

Harbor

Haven

Immunity

Impunity

Preservation

Refuge

Retreat

Safety

Salvation

Security

Shelter

Ward

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Related Words

Accident

Affliction

Agony

Anguish

Balk

Bane

Bar

Block

Casualty

Chain

Chance

Circumstance

Clog

Cramp

Curse

Deterrent

Distress

Drag

Embarrassment

Encumbrance

Exposure

Fetter

Handicap

Hap

Hazard

Hindrance

Holdback

Hurdle

Hurt

Impediment

Inhibition

Interference

Let

Liability

Luck

Manacle

Misery

Nemesis

Obstacle

Obstruction

Pain

Rack

Shackle

Snare

Stop

Strait

Susceptibility

Threat

Torment

Torture

Trammel

Trap

Travail

Tribulation

Weakness

Woe

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