dangers

Noun

danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers)

1. Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
   • There's plenty of danger in the desert.

   Synonyms:

   peril

2. An instance or cause of likely serious harm.
   • 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
     Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
3. (obsolete) Mischief.
   • We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
4. (mainly outside US) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
   • The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
5. (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
   • You stand within his danger, do you not?c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
6. (obsolete) Liability.
   • Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew

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