grave danger
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgraveanddanger
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grave
adjective
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofgraveanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgrave danger
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They may therefore be infested to a degree which presentsgravedangerto the flower crop in the forcing house.
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We should also recognize thegravedangerin leaving such critical indices unheard.
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As a result of growth and crowding, there isgravedangerof over-growth or of contact and fusion, and thus the loss of integrity of the individual sponge or colony.
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And there is agravedangerthat, once again, this alarm call will fall on deaf ears.
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It is also agravedangerfor our coastal communities, because if sustainability of the stocks collapses, our coastal communities will have no future.
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There is agravedangeras we go forward that is what will happen.
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They are ingravedangerof losing the confidence of the people in the whole political system as well as the confidence of the country.
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I think that there is agravedangerin taking up a stand on what must be second-hand information.
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There is agravedangerof sentimentality sweeping the country and of our finding ourselves in a very embarrassing position.
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Does he not realise that this confusion has been agravedangerto the nation from the time of the poison epidemic?
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I also think that there is agravedangerof higher interest rates.
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However, there is agravedangerof misunderstanding that message.
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What we are ingravedangerof doing is "privatising" the profits and nationalising the losses.
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I think that he is ingravedangerof not understanding the danger that is left open here.
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The mark is almost embarrassingly strong and the pound has been in suchgravedangerrecently.
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But there isgravedangerin pushing this barrow too hard and too fast.
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So there would be verygravedangerof building up a vast bureaucracy.
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Is it not a verygravedangerthat in this year of supreme necessity they should lie idle?
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