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Hazardous material

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hazmatnoun(US, often attributive) Hazardous material(s).
health hazardnounSomething that could potentially endanger a person's health.
haz-matnounAlternative form of hazmat. [(US, often attributive) Hazardous material(s).]
ultrahazardous activitynoun(law) An activity that is so dangerous that any person engaging in it will be held strictly liable for harm caused by engaging in the activity, no matter what precautions were taken to prevent harm; common examples include using explosives, radiation, and poisonous chemicals, and handling wild animals.
hazwastenounHazardous waste.
hazardnounThe chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
hazardisenoun(obsolete) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.
infohazardnounAn information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.
hazardizeverbTo make hazardous.
geohazardnounA geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami.
hazardrynoun(obsolete) Gambling.
hazard lightnounAny of multiple lights fitted to the front and rear of a vehicle, used to warn other drivers of a dangerous situation, typically when the vehicle is not working properly.
warheadnounThe part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
hazard rationoun(statistics, medicine) A measure of the chance of an event in one group compared to that of another at a particular time or over a subset of a study's time; the ratio between two groups' hazard rates.
mercurynoun(literally) A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
hazardsnoun(automotive) Ellipsis of hazard lights.
humanitarian crisisnoun(sociology) A singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people.
height moneynounA form of danger money paid to people working at dangerously high locations.
hagmanounInitialism of high anion gap metabolic acidosis. [(pathology) a form of metabolic acidosis characterized by a high anion gap]
hazcamnoun(space science, NASA) Abbreviation of Hazard avoidance camera, a type of engineering camera mounted on the front and rear of certain unmanned space rovers including the Curiosity rover at Mars.

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