danger (n.)

  1. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; you are in no danger; there was widespread danger of disease'

  2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime; there was a danger he would do the wrong thing

    [ Syn: risk , peril ]

  3. a cause of pain or injury or loss; he feared the dangers of traveling by air'

  4. a dangerous place; He moved out of danger'

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