Thesaurus: hazard

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1. n. A game of chance played with dice.
2. n. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
3. n. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
4. n. Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
5. n. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
6. n. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
7. n. To venture to incur, or bring on.
8. v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
9. n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
10. n. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
11. n. an obstacle on a golf course
12. v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation