adjective
- Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm.
- usage: "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
- synonyms: unsafe
- Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
- usage: "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
- synonyms: grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
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