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geohazards

geohazards is the plural of geohazard.

Meaning of geohazard

Noun

geohazard (plural geohazards)

  1. A geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami.
    • Yumei Wang, the director of Oregon’s geohazards team, said a quick evaluation last year found that 1,300 of the state’s schools (housing 340,000 students) and emergency-services buildings had a “high or very high” risk of collapse in a substantial earthquake.2008 May 27, Andrew C. Revkin, “Turning Schools From Death Traps Into Havens”, in New York Times

Questions about geohazards

What is geohazards the plural of?
Geohazards is the plural of geohazard.

Words near geohazards in the dictionary

  1. geohashed
  2. geohashes
  3. geohashing
  4. geohazard
  5. geohazardous
  6. geohazards
  7. geoheliocentric
  8. geoheliocentrism
  9. geohelminth
  10. geohelminthiases
  11. geohelminthiasis

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