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haz·ard / ˈhazərd/ • n. 1. a danger or risk: the hazards of smoking. ∎  a potential source of danger: a fire hazard a health hazard. ∎  a permanent feature of a golf course that presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream.2. poetic/lit. chance; probability.3. a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules. • v. [tr.] 1. venture to say (something): he hazarded a guess.2. put (something) at risk of being lost: the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on.

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