hazarded
Put at stake
Hazarded is the past tense of hazard, meaning to risk or venture something despite uncertainty.
You hazard a guess when you're not sure of the answer.
To hazard an opinion is to offer it knowing it might be wrong or unwelcome: She hazarded that the project would fail.
The word implies putting something at stake—reputation, safety, or resources—with awareness of potential loss.
Undertook despite uncertainty
- jeopardizedExposed to possible harm
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- imperiledPut at risk
- exposedOut in open
staked · wagered · chanced · dared · braved · gambled · threatened · compromised
Undertook despite uncertainty
- conjecturedInferred without certainty
- speculatedGuessed based on incomplete information
- supposedAssumed to be true
- surmisedConcluded without proof
theorized · postulated · estimated · inferred · guessed · offered · proposed · suggested
ventured
Undertook despite uncertainty
- jeopardizedExposed to possible harm
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- imperiledPut at risk
exposed · staked · wagered · chanced · dared · braved · gambled · threatened · compromised · adventured
ventured
Undertook despite uncertainty
- conjecturedInferred without certainty
- speculatedGuessed based on incomplete information
- supposedAssumed to be true
surmised · theorized · postulated · estimated · inferred · guessed · offered · proposed · suggested · advanced
dared
Showed bold courage
- facedMet without flinching
- confrontedChallenged or opposed directly
- defiedOpenly resisted authority
challenged · tackled · undertook · attempted · embarked · risked · courted · invited
hazardedconfirmed
Established as accurate
verified · established · knew · proved · ascertained
- 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
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