possible hazard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandhazard
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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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 ofpossibleandhazardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This removes apossiblehazardto future pregnancies and removes the need for local or general anaesthesia.
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I am thinking of theft,possiblehazardto the staff collecting the money, and so on.
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In this particular incident, anypossiblehazardto health would arise entirely from eating food or drinking water contaminated with radioactive substances—so-called "internal radiation".
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We shall have to accept the loss of profit as the cost of meeting anypossiblehazard.
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There would seem, therefore, no evidence of anypossiblehazardto human beings.
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Clearly this presents apossiblehazard.
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With sand as apossiblehazardin scenes that buried actors, ground-up corncobs were used as a substitute instead.
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Since 1998 it has been recommended to keep grazing cattle separate from human bathing areas and to inform people about the possible hazards.
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A number of studies have been carried out on the possible hazards to health of diesel fumes in confined situations.
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I understand that local police in the area have since drawn the attention of medical officers of health to the possible hazards involved.
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Maternal anxiety is heightened by this constant fear for the safety of youngsters because of real or possible hazards.
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The tests used were those considered appropriate at the time to guard against known possible hazards.
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Moreover, recent education has been focused on the possible hazards of passive smoking; that is, breathing in other people's tobacco smoke.
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I should emphasise that we already have in existence a mechanism for continual watch on any possible hazards to human health.
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It can provide great assistance in diagnosing and preventing possible hazards to health, including mental health.
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The essential requirement is to ensure that the measures we take to detect, and warn the profession about, possible hazards are speedy and effective.
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We are inexperienced in the use of these processes, and we know little about the possible hazards.
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These provisions do not eliminate all possible hazards, even in this sphere.
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