Definition of hazard

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Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

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Endanger :: Endanger (v. t.) To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
Compromit :: Compromit (n.) To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation..
Risky :: Risky (a.) Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Stichometrical :: Stichomancy (n.) Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard..
Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..
Hazardous :: Hazardous (a.) Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
Enterprise :: Enterprise (v. i.) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult..
Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters..
Endangerment :: Endangerment (n.) Hazard; peril.
Bibliomancy :: Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..
Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare..
Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
Endanger :: Endanger (v. t.) To incur the hazard of; to risk.
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..
Risk :: Risk (n.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
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