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1. Hazard
   HMS Hazard was a British Halcyon Class fleet minesweeper of 835 tons displacement of the Second World War launched in 1937. HMS Hazard was powered by two sets of 3-cylinder compound engines providing a top speed of 17 knots. She carried a complement of 80 and was armed with two 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and five smaller guns.
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2. Hazard
   1. Potential for radiation, a chemical or other pollutant to cause human illness or injury. 2. In the pesticide program, the inherent toxicity of a compound. Hazard identification of a given substances is an informed judgment based on verifiable toxicity data from animal models or human studies.
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3. Hazard
   The probability that a substance will cause harm under conditions of exposure.
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4. hazard
   [Noun] A danger or risk; something likely to cause damage.
   Example: Passive smoking is a hazard to health.
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5. hazard
   [n] - a source of danger 2. [n] - an obstacle on a golf course
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6. Hazard
   Anything that has the potential to cause harm to people, eg chemicals, electricity, working with ladders.
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7. Hazard
   is “something with the potential to cause harm� according the HSE. Almost anything may be a hazard, but may or may not become a risk
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8. Hazard
   The potential that the use of a product will result in an adverse effect on a person or the environment.
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9. Hazard
   Hazard is the general term for anything which has the ability to cause injury or for the potential to cause injury. The hazard associated with a potentially toxic substance is a function of its toxicity and the potential for exposure to the substance. T
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10. Hazard
    Hazard is the general term for anything which has the ability to cause injury or for the potential to cause injury. The hazard associated with a potentially toxic substance is a function of its toxicity and the potential for exposure to the substance. The probability of exposure to the substance is a risk factor. Compare risk.
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11. Hazard
    the probability of the occurrence of a disaster caused by a natural phenomenon (earthquake, cyclone),or by failure of man-made sources of energy (nuclear reactor, industrial explosion) or by uncontrolled human activity (overgrazing, heavy-traffic, conflict); -UNDRO. In a broader sense, includes vuln...
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12. Hazard
    Haz'ard (hăz'ẽrd) noun [ French hasard , Spanish azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, probably from Arabic zahr , zār , a die, which, with the article al the...
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13. Hazard
    Haz'ard transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hazarded ; present participle & verbal noun Hazarding .] [ Confer French hasarder . See Hazard , no...
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14. Hazard
    Haz'ard (hăz'ẽrd) intransitive verb To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.
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15. Hazard
    Haz'ard noun (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.
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16. hazard
    This is a general term for anything which has the ability to cause injury. The hazard associated with a potentially toxic substance is a function of its toxicity and the potential for exposure to the substance. The probability of exposure to the substance is a risk factor. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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17. hazard
    noun an obstacle on a golf course
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18. Hazard
    A hazard is anything that can cause harm (e.g. dangerous chemicals, electricity, an exposed wire, or working at heights from ladders). :: Health and Safety Authority (8th Edition) :: Health & Safety Board (6th Edition)
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19. Hazard
    • (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player`s ball (losing hazard). • (n.) To venture to incur, or bring on. • (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. • (v. i.) To try the chance; to encount...
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20. hazard
    (from the article `insurance`) An important initial task of the underwriter is to try to prevent adverse selection by analyzing the hazards that surround the risk. Three basic ...
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21. Hazard
    city, seat of Perry county, southeastern Kentucky, U.S. It lies on the North Fork Kentucky River in the Cumberland foothills just east of Daniel ...
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22. hazard
    dice game dating at least to the 13th century and possibly of Arabic origin: the word hazard derives from the Arabic al-zahr (`die`). It was ...
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23. Hazard
    A risk or source of risk. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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24. Hazard
    Phenomenon which can cause loss of life, injury, disease, economic loss, or environmental damage.
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25. hazard
    
    • a source of danger
    • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
    • an obstacle on a golf course
    
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