serious hazard

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandhazard

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousandhazardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisserioushazardof ice-infested navigation should nevertheless have been regulated more extensively within the guidelines.
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These cause a particularlyserioushazardresulting from the smoke and toxic gases which they cause when they catch fire.
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Fire has always been aserioushazardin aircraft accidents.
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No rhinoceros-borne diseases are aserioushazardto our own livestock.
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Because we have been socially conditioned to accept tobacco, we refuse to recognise that it is such aserioushazard.
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However, in the relatively few cases where there is no other risk factor present there is less evidence that it is aserioushazard.
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It presents a rather moreserioushazardwhen it is stripped off.
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The amber warning lights are switched on as the police consider appropriate when aserioushazardexists on a motorway.
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They can cause cancer and can create aserioushazard.
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Relatively, therefore, air polution does not present aserioushazardin our valleys.
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Trying to pass these vehicles presents aserioushazard.
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If junctions do constitute aserioushazard, can he say whether the accidents are speed related?
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Even though this product may be widely spread after a nuclear explosion, the possibility ofserioushazardis limited by its relatively short life.
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It might, in the long run, be a veryserioushazard.
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Another dangerous form of litter is caused by the thoughtless disposal of old medicine bills, which can prove a veryserioushazardto children.
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I am sure, like him and others, that this is quite aserioushazard.
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A free balloon can present aserioushazardto air traffic control, hence balloons can be used only in certain areas.
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I have always felt that a veryserioushazard.
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Discarded plastic at sea is aserioushazardto marine life, affecting seabirds, fish and mammals.
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There is a risk that it might deterioriate to a point where it presented aserioushazard.
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