greatest hazard

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandhazard

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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hazard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæz.əd/us
/ˈhæz.ɚd/
something that is dangerous and likely to ...
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(Definition ofgreatandhazardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It suggested that thegreatesthazardarose when handling the concentrated dip.
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Pneumoconiosis represents by far thegreatesthazardto health to which coal miners are subject in the course of their employment.
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It is the launching apparatus that normally presents thegreatesthazardto human life and to property.
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Despite the growth of cancer and carcinogens and so on, this is still thegreatesthazardarea.
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Thegreatesthazardof all, perhaps, is caused by the placing of traffic lights along derestricted roads.
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Thegreatesthazardfor the seas still comes from the land: 80% of all emissions of pollutants are caused by agriculture or industry.
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Thegreatesthazardis to marry a man or woman who turns out to be unreliable in the fullest sense.
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In my view, commercial diesel vehicles present thegreatesthazardin terms of atmospheric pollution and noise nuisance.
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Only a small number of pesticides cause thegreatesthazardto health.
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As the town grew, fire became itsgreatesthazard.
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Thus, the great river system is at the same time the country's principal resource and itsgreatesthazard.
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It may be that the greatest hazards and the greatest dangers exist where man-made mountains are built on natural mountains.
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But the greatest hazards for a successful recycling programme are the maintenance of markets, which was mentioned by both previous speakers.
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I am shocked to learn from studies that the greatest hazards involving detergents have basically to do with our evident inability to use the right amount of them.
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The greatest hazards are in the home.
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