hazard
ha zerd
- n a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
drinking alcohol is a health hazard - n an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- n an obstacle on a golf course
- v put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- v put at risk
- v take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
- Whether routine, like a tonsillectomy, or major, like a kidney transplant, surgery always poses a hazard for the patient.
- Commissioner Alexander Schmidt stressed that the FDA found "no evidence of a public health hazard" from products made with the dye; according to one manufacturer, a human would .
- In the wake of the spinach scare, even the friendliest food can seem like a biological hazard, and scrubbing alone won't necessarily wipe out pesticides or bacteria.