| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury: danger, endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril. See SAFETY. 2. A venture depending on chance: bet, gamble, speculation, wager. See GAMBLING. 3. A possibility of danger or harm: chance, gamble, hazard. See SAFETY. | | VERB: | 1. To subject to danger or destruction: endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten. See SAFETY. 2. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, stake, venture, wager. Informal : go. See GAMBLING. 3. To run the risk of: adventure, chance, hazard, venture. See SAFETY. 4. To expose to possible loss or damage: adventure, compromise, hazard, venture. See SAFETY.
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