serious danger

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddanger

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious danger

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Is there any overriding reason to disclose information, for example,seriousdangerto others?
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Children who experience severe and frequent maltreatment are inseriousdangerof powerful and prolonged deleterious impacts on their functioning.
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The mostseriousdangerthat threatens humanity is a consumerist ethic which tolerates only one absolute value, individual freedom to choose among available commodities.
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In 1845 his new-found monastic family was inseriousdanger.
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This means, in turn, that the discipline's standard may be inseriousdangerof declining, unless somebody is ready vigorously to reverse the trend.
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Evidently the government believed the 'newcomers' to be a much moreseriousdangerthan the war refugees.
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There is aseriousdangerthat the island will finally be partitioned.
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The partnership is inseriousdangerof being nothing more than a monologue.
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If he does not, there is aseriousdangerof his losing the best of his staff at the works in my constituency.
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Is there not aseriousdangerof the public being bamboozled?
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But there are enemies within democracy, causing great andseriousdanger.
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The dog does not even have to attack a child to create aseriousdanger.
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This is the mostseriousdangerof all to us in this country.
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Universities, in general, have so little contact with industry that this would certainly be aseriousdanger.
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In so doing, there is aseriousdangerof undermining the war crimes tribunal and, ultimately, the international criminal tribunal and humanitarian international law generally.
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But oneseriousdangerappears to stare me in the face.
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There is aseriousdangerthat a continuation of these incidents may lead to serious fighting.
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I think that that is aseriousdangerwhich ought to be removed.
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It is a possible but not aseriousdanger.
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We ought to take thatseriousdangerinto account.
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