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hazard

verb [T]
 
 
/ˈhæz.əd/ US  /-ɚd/

Definition

to risk doing something, especially making a guess, suggestion, etc.: I wouldn't like to hazard a guess.Taking risksGambling and bookmakingGuessing, supposing and suspecting formal to risk doing something that might cause harm to someone or something else: The policy hazarded the islands and put the lives of the inhabitants at risk.Taking risksGambling and bookmaking
(Definition of hazard verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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