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Danger

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Venture 76% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Endangerment 76% connected

Hazard; peril.

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Exposure 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Gamble 76% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Hazard 76% connected

A game of chance played with dice.

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Insecurity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

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Jeopardy 76% connected

Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.

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Menace 76% connected

The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.

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Peril 76% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Threat 76% connected

The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denuncia…

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Vulnerability 76% connected

The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

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Dangerous 74% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Dangerous 74% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Risky 74% connected

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

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Risky 74% connected

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

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Peril 92% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

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Risk 92% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Safety 94% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Safety 94% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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