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Meaning
Noun
●
The
chance
of
suffering
harm
;
danger
,
peril
, risk of loss.
●
An
obstacle
or other
feature
which
causes
risk or
danger
;
originally
in
sports
, and now
applied
more generally.
●
An
obstacle
or other
feature
that
presents
a risk or
danger
that
justifies
the
driver
in
taking action
to
avoid
it.
●
In Golf:
A
sand
or water
obstacle
on a
golf
course.
●
In Billiards:
The
act
of
potting
a
ball
, whether the
object ball
(
winning hazard
) or the player's
ball
(losing
hazard
).
●
A
game of chance
played with
dice
, usually for
monetary
stakes
;
popular
mainly
from 14th
c
. to 19th
c
.
●
Chance.
●
Anything that is
hazarded
or
risked
, such as a
stake
in gambling.
●
In Tennis:
The
side
of the
court
into which the
ball
is served.
●
In Programming:
A problem with the
instruction
pipeline
in CPU
microarchitectures
when the next
instruction
cannot
execute
in the
following
clock cycle
,
potentially
leading
to
incorrect
results.
Verb
●
To
expose
to
chance
; to take a risk.
●
To risk (something); to
venture
,
incur
, or
bring
on.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
home rule
city
, the
county seat
of Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
hazard
English
hasart
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
زهر
Arabic
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Adventure
Fortune
Bet
Pledge
Wager
Luck
Peril
Dangers
Jeopardy
Hap
Danger
Risk
Risks
Stake
Endangerment
Skin In The Game
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Related
Threat
Nuisance
Liability
Disaster
Vulnerability
Pollutant
Damage
Harm
Injury
Menace
Disturbance
Pollution
Problem
Accident
Dangerous
Threats
Accidents
Condition
Issue
Flood
Contamination
Barrier
Incident
Occurrence
Matic
Crisis
Fire
Burden
Catastrophe
Challenge
Misfortune
Chemical
Perils
Factor
Spillage
Keeper
Deterrent
Concern
Mishap
Infection
Chance
Stress
Risk Assessment
Warning Sign
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