Vocabulary
Hazard
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a danger or risk.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The latest figures from EM-DAT a global disaster tracking database show that in 2025, 358 natural hazard-related disasters killed 16,607 people, affected 110.2m and caused $169.7bn in losses.
Dawn Editorials —
Danger on repeat
— 2026-04-26
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And sometimes passive military sites become a hazard for the urban population.
Dawn Editorials —
The urban cost of war
— 2026-04-03
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This can pose a serious safety hazard to households and create an environmental burden due to its poor recyclability.Electricity is expensive in Pakistan.
Dawn Editorials —
Solar without net metering
— 2026-02-18
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This abuse is sometimes caused by directly selling foreign exchange to the market, and at others by not buying more from it.How should the problem of `moral hazard` be addressed?
Dawn Editorials —
Addicted to borrowing
— 2026-01-31
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Hence, the ethical aspect of the moral hazard is more severe for the government than the addict.Drug addicts need therapy; should the government also get it?
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Addicted to borrowing
— 2026-01-31
Synonyms
danger, risk, peril, threat, menace, difficulty, problem, pitfall, jeopardy, perilousness
Curator example
“the hazards of childbirth”
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