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Noun danger has 4 senses

danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
--₁ is a kind of condition, status
Antonyms: safety
--₁ has particulars:
clear and present danger; hazardousness, perilousness; insecurity; riskiness, peril; vulnerability, exposure
risk, peril, danger - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
--₂ is a kind of venture
--₂ has particulars: chance; crapshoot; gamble
danger - a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
--₃ is a kind of causal agent, cause, causal agency
--₃ has particulars:
hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk; powder keg; menace, threat
danger - a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
--₄ is a kind of area, country