Safety & Risk

Danger, protection, accidents, emergencies, and uncertainty.

163 words

# Safety & Risk

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 163

## About
Danger, protection, accidents, emergencies, and uncertainty.

## Words by Level

### A2
- safe - Not in danger and not likely to be harmed.
- dangerous - Likely to cause harm, injury, or death.
- accident - A crash involving a vehicle that causes damage or injury.
- destroy - To damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used.
- danger - The possibility of being harmed or killed.
- emergency - A sudden, dangerous situation that needs immediate action
- sudden - Happening quickly and without warning.
- adventure - An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or danger.
- endangered - At risk of dying out completely, said of animals or plants
- harmful - Causing or able to cause harm or damage.
- protect - To keep someone or something safe from harm or danger.
- suddenly - Quickly and without warning.

### B1
- haven - A safe place where someone can find protection.
- security - the state of being safe and protected from danger
- risk - The chance that something bad might happen.
- damage - Physical harm that makes something less useful or valuable.
- safety - The state of being safe and not in danger.
- warning - Something said or written that tells you about a possible danger or problem.
- threat - A statement that you will hurt or punish someone, especially if they do not do what you want.
- protection - The act of keeping someone or something safe from harm.
- rescue - To save someone or something from danger or harm.
- secure - safe and protected from danger or harm
- crisis - A time of serious danger, difficulty, or trouble.
- shelter - A place that gives protection from bad weather or danger.
- ward - A section of a hospital for patients who need similar care.
- threatening - Likely to cause harm or danger; frightening.
- safely - Without being harmed or causing harm.
- survival - The fact of staying alive, especially through danger or hardship.
- critical - Extremely important; essential for something to succeed.
- radiation - Energy that travels as rays, waves, or particles, such as heat or light.
- expose - To uncover something so that it can be seen.
- compromise - an agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants
- survivor - A person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster.
- protective - Designed or intended to keep someone or something safe.
- preserve - To keep something safe and protect it from harm, loss, or damage.
- caution - Great care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.
- poisonous - Containing poison; dangerous to eat, touch, or breathe.
- cautious - Careful to avoid danger, risk, or mistakes.
- hazard - Something that is dangerous or could cause harm.
- destructive - Causing a lot of damage or harm.
- disastrous - Causing great harm, damage, or a very bad result.
- violently - In a way that uses physical force to hurt or damage.
- lifeguard - A person whose job is to watch swimmers at a beach or pool and rescue them if they are in danger.
- endanger - To put someone or something in danger or at risk of harm
- safeguard - Something done to protect against harm, danger, or loss.
- environmentalist - A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution.
- goggles - close-fitting protective eyewear worn for swimming, sports, laboratory work, or hazardous tasks
- bodyguard - a person or group responsible for protecting someone, especially an important public figure
- extinguisher - a portable device containing a substance used to put out a small fire

### B2
- alert - Awake, watchful, and quick to notice things.
- risky - Involving the chance of something bad happening; dangerous.
- harmless - Not able to cause any harm; safe.
- deliberately - On purpose; not by accident.
- evacuate - To move people away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.
- refuge - A safe place where you are protected from danger or trouble.
- misfortune - Bad luck.
- catastrophe - A sudden event that causes great damage, suffering, or loss.
- evacuation - The act of moving people away from a dangerous place to safety.
- hedge - A row of bushes or small trees that forms a boundary or fence.
- jeopardize - To put something at risk or in danger.
- adventurous - Willing to try new things and take risks.
- unsafe - Dangerous; likely to cause harm or injury
- abruptly - suddenly and without warning
- hazardous - Dangerous or risky; likely to cause harm.
- contaminate - To make something dirty, dangerous, or unsafe by adding harmful substances.
- ravage - To cause great damage to something; to destroy.
- adversely - In a way that has a bad or harmful effect.
- padlock - a removable lock with a curved or sliding shackle that passes through a fastening
- rescuer - a person who saves someone or something from danger, harm, or captivity
- siren - a device that produces a loud, rising and falling sound as a warning, or the sound it makes
- goner - informal: a person or thing that is doomed, ruined, or beyond rescue

### C1
- vulnerable - Easily hurt or harmed, physically or emotionally.
- asylum - Protection given by a country to someone who has fled danger in their own country.
- compromised - Made weaker, less safe, or less effective than it should be.
- defensive - Used or intended to protect against attack.
- insecure - Lacking confidence in yourself; uncertain and anxious.
- benign - Not harmful or dangerous, especially describing a tumour that is not cancerous.
- detrimental - Causing harm or damage.
- detriment - Harm or damage to something.
- undaunted - Not discouraged or frightened by difficulty or danger.
- insecurely - In a way that shows a lack of self-confidence.
- detrimentally - In a way that causes harm or damage.
- pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
- secrecy - the trait of keeping things secret
- maim - to injure a person or animal so severely that a body part is permanently damaged or lost
- misadventure - an unlucky accident or mishap, often caused without deliberate wrongdoing
- maul - to attack and injure someone or something severely by beating, scratching, or tearing
- impale - to pierce something with a long, sharp object so that it is fixed or held on the point
- safekeeping - protection or secure custody that keeps someone or something from harm, loss, or theft
- unscathed - not injured or damaged by a dangerous event
- brunt - the main force, impact, or worst effects of an attack, event, or burden
- preserver - a person or thing that protects someone or keeps something safe from harm or destruction
- overstrain - to subject a person, body part, resource, or ability to more strain than it can safely bear
- extrication - the act or process of freeing someone or something from entanglement, confinement, or a difficult situation
- lethality - the capacity or quality of being able to cause death
- misfire - to fail to fire, ignite, or detonate properly
- forewarn - to warn someone about a danger, problem, or event before it occurs

### C2
- menace - Something or someone that is a danger or threat.
- cramp - to secure with a cramp
- retribution - the act of taking revenge, such as harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done, especially in the next life
- cocoon - The silky covering a caterpillar spins around itself before becoming a moth or butterfly.
- menacing - Seeming dangerous and likely to cause harm; threatening.
- insidious - working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- catastrophically - In a way that causes a disaster or terrible damage.
- menacingly - In a threatening way that suggests danger.
- unwary - not alert to danger or deception
- calamitously - In a way that causes great damage or disaster.
- coastguard - chiefly British, an official employed to watch coastal waters, help vessels in danger, and enforce maritime law
- conflagration - a large, destructive, and uncontrolled fire
- premonitory - serving as an advance warning or indication of something that is about to happen
- inflammable - easily set on fire; flammable
- fallout - the harmful or unpleasant consequences that follow an event or decision
- overexposure - excessive exposure to something, especially something harmful such as radiation or sunlight
- incautious - not sufficiently cautious; acting or speaking without proper care
- imperil - formal: to put a person, thing, or undertaking at serious risk of harm, loss, or destruction
- impend - to be imminent or about to happen, especially as a threat or danger
- averter - a person, power, or thing that prevents or turns away danger, harm, or another unwanted event
- maroon - to leave someone stranded and isolated in a remote place, especially an island
- tocsin - a bell or bell signal sounded to warn people of danger
- crossbones - two bones depicted or placed diagonally across one another, especially beneath a skull as a warning of danger or death
- cautionary - Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
- untraceable - incapable of being traced or tracked down

### C2+
- peril - serious and immediate danger; to imperil
- deleterious - causing harm or damage, especially gradually
- innocuous - not harmful or offensive; harmless
- injurious - causing or likely to cause harm or damage
- mishap - an unlucky accident, usually minor
- admonition - a gentle but earnest warning or rebuke
- nocuous - harmful, noxious, or poisonous
- overreach - to extend or exert oneself beyond a safe or proper limit
- perilous - full of danger or risk
- admonishment - a gentle or earnest reproof or warning
- beshield - to shield, protect, or cover as with a shield
- dangersome - fraught with danger; perilous
- disastrously - in a way that causes great damage, ruin, or failure
- imprudent - lacking caution or foresight; unwise
- jeopardy - danger of loss, harm, or failure; legal risk of conviction
- mischance - bad luck or an unfortunate accident
- noxious - harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant
- poisonously - in a venomous or toxically harmful manner
- polluted - contaminated with harmful or unclean substances
- undamaging - not causing damage or harm
- wreak - to cause or inflict (harm, damage, or vengeance)
- admonitory - giving or conveying a warning or gentle reproof
- beware - to be cautious or on guard against a danger
- bogeyman - an imaginary evil spirit invoked to frighten children; a dreaded threat
- cautiously - in a careful manner that avoids danger or risk
- convoy - a group of vehicles or ships travelling together for protection
- inadvertently - without intention; by accident
- incaution - lack of caution; carelessness
- indemnity - security or protection against loss, or compensation for it
- jeopardous - full of danger or risk; perilous
- parlous - full of danger or uncertainty; perilous
- portend - to be a sign or warning that something, usually momentous, is likely to happen
- rampant - flourishing or spreading unchecked, especially of something harmful
- regenerate - to regrow, restore, or renew, especially after damage
- scathe - to harm or injure, especially by scorching; harm or damage
- secureness - the state or quality of being secure, safe, or firmly fixed
- sully - to damage or tarnish the purity or reputation of something
- threateningly - in a manner that suggests danger or harm
- unhazardous - not dangerous; safe
- cave-in - the sudden collapse of earth, rock, a roof, or another enclosing structure
- watchout - the act or state of keeping watch for danger, trouble, or something expected

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