Hazard
Kentucky mining town
Hazard is danger or risk, especially one that could cause harm: a fire hazard, occupational hazards, hazardous materials.
In golf, a hazard is an obstacle like a sand trap or water.
To hazard something is to risk it or venture it tentatively: I'll hazard a guess.
The word carries a sense of chance—something that might go wrong but isn't certain to.
Seismic ground movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
tsunami · landslide · volcano · storm · disaster · drought · avalanche · lightning
Capable of causing harm
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- spillAccidental liquid release
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
radiation · asbestos · biohazard · waste · disposal · cleanup · exposure · carcinogen
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- sandFine rock particles
- trapDevice for catching animals
- waterClear essential liquid
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
fairway · course · penalty · stroke · approach · shot · rough · lie
Possibility of harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- warningAlert about danger
- cautionCareful attention to risk
unsafe · jeopardy · menace · exposure · vulnerability · precaution · safety · accident
Employment location
- safetyFreedom from harm
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- equipmentTools for a task
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
compliance · signage · training · protective · goggles · helmet · gloves · harness
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
tornado · tsunami · landslide · volcano · storm · disaster · drought · avalanche · lightning · cyclone
toxic
Capable of causing harm
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- spillAccidental liquid release
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
pollution · radiation · asbestos · biohazard · waste · disposal · cleanup · exposure · carcinogen · OSHA
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
obstacle · fairway · course · penalty · stroke · approach · shot · rough · lie · recovery
risk
Possibility of harm
caution · unsafe · jeopardy · menace · exposure · vulnerability · precaution · safety · accident · injury
workplace
Employment location
OSHA · compliance · signage · training · protective · goggles · helmet · gloves · harness · lockout
dice
Marked cubes for chance
bet · wager · shooter · table · odds · chance · stakes · throw · game · luck
road
Vehicle travel surface
flashing · lights · obstruction · construction · detour · barrier · accident · slowdown · merge · shoulder
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Cumberland, Great Smoky Mountains
- Appalachian PlacesGatlinburg, Asheville, Boone, Cherokee, Waynesville
- Kentucky PlacesLexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Bowling Green, Covington
- Coal TownsCarbondale, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Logan, Williamson
- Coal Miningcoal mines, miners, coal seam, coal miners, underground mines
- Proposed StatesJefferson, Franklin, Sequoyah, Superior, Lincoln
Hazardcertainty
Total absence of doubt
surety · predictability · guarantee · reliability · sure thing
- fire hazardCombustion danger source
- hazard lightsVehicle emergency warning signals
- occupational hazardDanger specific to one's profession
- health hazardThreat to physical wellbeing
- choking hazardItem risking airway blockage
- hazardous wasteDangerous discards threatening health
hazardous, hazardously, hazardousness, haphazard, haphazardly, haphazardness