# 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.; frequency rank 560 - protect — To keep someone or something safe from harm or danger.; frequency rank 813 - dangerous — Likely to cause harm, injury, or death.; frequency rank 822 - accident — A crash involving a vehicle that causes damage or injury.; frequency rank 881 - suddenly — Quickly and without warning.; frequency rank 1099 - destroy — To damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used.; frequency rank 1207 - danger — The possibility of being harmed or killed.; frequency rank 1283 - emergency — A sudden, dangerous situation that needs immediate action; frequency rank 1446 - sudden — Happening quickly and without warning.; frequency rank 1838 - adventure — An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or danger.; frequency rank 3313 - endangered — At risk of dying out completely, said of animals or plants; frequency rank 11525 - harmful — Causing or able to cause harm or damage.; frequency rank 13411 ### B1 - haven — A safe place where someone can find protection.; frequency rank 297 - security — the state of being safe and protected from danger; frequency rank 769 - risk — The chance that something bad might happen.; frequency rank 1158 - damage — Physical harm that makes something less useful or valuable.; frequency rank 1791 - safety — The state of being safe and not in danger.; frequency rank 1803 - warning — Something said or written that tells you about a possible danger or problem.; frequency rank 1945 - threat — A statement that you will hurt or punish someone, especially if they do not do what you want.; frequency rank 2129 - protection — The act of keeping someone or something safe from harm.; frequency rank 2216 - rescue — To save someone or something from danger or harm.; frequency rank 2225 - secure — safe and protected from danger or harm; frequency rank 2625 - crisis — A time of serious danger, difficulty, or trouble.; frequency rank 2936 - shelter — A place that gives protection from bad weather or danger.; frequency rank 3358 - ward — A section of a hospital for patients who need similar care.; frequency rank 3387 - threatening — Likely to cause harm or danger; frightening.; frequency rank 3603 - safely — Without being harmed or causing harm.; frequency rank 3732 - survival — The fact of staying alive, especially through danger or hardship.; frequency rank 3811 - critical — Extremely important; essential for something to succeed.; frequency rank 3863 - radiation — Energy that travels as rays, waves, or particles, such as heat or light.; frequency rank 4417 - expose — To uncover something so that it can be seen.; frequency rank 5431 - compromise — an agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants; frequency rank 5545 - survivor — A person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster.; frequency rank 5588 - protective — Designed or intended to keep someone or something safe.; frequency rank 6530 - preserve — To keep something safe and protect it from harm, loss, or damage.; frequency rank 6548 - bodyguard — a person or group responsible for protecting someone, especially an important public figure; frequency rank 6686 - caution — Great care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.; frequency rank 7295 - poisonous — Containing poison; dangerous to eat, touch, or breathe.; frequency rank 7839 - cautious — Careful to avoid danger, risk, or mistakes.; frequency rank 8549 - hazard — Something that is dangerous or could cause harm.; frequency rank 9627 - destructive — Causing a lot of damage or harm.; frequency rank 10161 - goggles — close-fitting protective eyewear worn for swimming, sports, laboratory work, or hazardous tasks; frequency rank 12237 - disastrous — Causing great harm, damage, or a very bad result.; frequency rank 12739 - violently — In a way that uses physical force to hurt or damage.; frequency rank 13076 - lifeguard — A person whose job is to watch swimmers at a beach or pool and rescue them if they are in danger.; frequency rank 15668 - endanger — To put someone or something in danger or at risk of harm; frequency rank 15799 - extinguisher — a portable device containing a substance used to put out a small fire; frequency rank 18517 - safeguard — Something done to protect against harm, danger, or loss.; frequency rank 18846 - environmentalist — A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution.; frequency rank 39369 ### B2 - alert — Awake, watchful, and quick to notice things.; frequency rank 2658 - siren — a device that produces a loud, rising and falling sound as a warning, or the sound it makes; frequency rank 2819 - risky — Involving the chance of something bad happening; dangerous.; frequency rank 4947 - harmless — Not able to cause any harm; safe.; frequency rank 5649 - deliberately — On purpose; not by accident.; frequency rank 6109 - evacuate — To move people away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.; frequency rank 7036 - refuge — A safe place where you are protected from danger or trouble.; frequency rank 7669 - misfortune — Bad luck.; frequency rank 7897 - catastrophe — A sudden event that causes great damage, suffering, or loss.; frequency rank 9078 - evacuation — The act of moving people away from a dangerous place to safety.; frequency rank 9596 - hedge — A row of bushes or small trees that forms a boundary or fence.; frequency rank 12261 - jeopardize — To put something at risk or in danger.; frequency rank 13701 - adventurous — Willing to try new things and take risks.; frequency rank 14165 - unsafe — Dangerous; likely to cause harm or injury; frequency rank 16212 - abruptly — suddenly and without warning; frequency rank 16962 - hazardous — Dangerous or risky; likely to cause harm.; frequency rank 17244 - goner — informal: a person or thing that is doomed, ruined, or beyond rescue; frequency rank 18201 - contaminate — To make something dirty, dangerous, or unsafe by adding harmful substances.; frequency rank 24877 - padlock — a removable lock with a curved or sliding shackle that passes through a fastening; frequency rank 27940 - ravage — To cause great damage to something; to destroy.; frequency rank 35791 - rescuer — a person who saves someone or something from danger, harm, or captivity; frequency rank 44451 - adversely — In a way that has a bad or harmful effect.; frequency rank 54603 ### C1 - vulnerable — Easily hurt or harmed, physically or emotionally.; frequency rank 4460 - asylum — Protection given by a country to someone who has fled danger in their own country.; frequency rank 6816 - compromised — Made weaker, less safe, or less effective than it should be.; frequency rank 6885 - defensive — Used or intended to protect against attack.; frequency rank 7280 - secrecy — the trait of keeping things secret; frequency rank 9252 - insecure — Lacking confidence in yourself; uncertain and anxious.; frequency rank 9720 - benign — Not harmful or dangerous, especially describing a tumour that is not cancerous.; frequency rank 17450 - safekeeping — protection or secure custody that keeps someone or something from harm, loss, or theft; frequency rank 22724 - brunt — the main force, impact, or worst effects of an attack, event, or burden; frequency rank 24743 - unscathed — not injured or damaged by a dangerous event; frequency rank 24981 - detrimental — Causing harm or damage.; frequency rank 31378 - maul — to attack and injure someone or something severely by beating, scratching, or tearing; frequency rank 32335 - maim — to injure a person or animal so severely that a body part is permanently damaged or lost; frequency rank 32786 - detriment — Harm or damage to something.; frequency rank 40540 - misfire — to fail to fire, ignite, or detonate properly; frequency rank 41499 - preserver — a person or thing that protects someone or keeps something safe from harm or destruction; frequency rank 42934 - impale — to pierce something with a long, sharp object so that it is fixed or held on the point; frequency rank 45222 - misadventure — an unlucky accident or mishap, often caused without deliberate wrongdoing; frequency rank 45369 - undaunted — Not discouraged or frightened by difficulty or danger.; frequency rank 46813 - forewarn — to warn someone about a danger, problem, or event before it occurs; frequency rank 93884 - lethality — the capacity or quality of being able to cause death; frequency rank 97104 - extrication — the act or process of freeing someone or something from entanglement, confinement, or a difficult situation; frequency rank 105532 - overstrain — to subject a person, body part, resource, or ability to more strain than it can safely bear; frequency rank 152190 - insecurely — In a way that shows a lack of self-confidence.; frequency rank 304022 - detrimentally — In a way that causes harm or damage.; frequency rank 320443 - pernicious — having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way ### C2 - menace — Something or someone that is a danger or threat.; frequency rank 11037 - cramp — to secure with a cramp; frequency rank 12842 - retribution — the act of taking revenge, such as harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done, especially in the next life; frequency rank 14161 - fallout — the harmful or unpleasant consequences that follow an event or decision; frequency rank 15706 - cocoon — The silky covering a caterpillar spins around itself before becoming a moth or butterfly.; frequency rank 18115 - untraceable — incapable of being traced or tracked down; frequency rank 18392 - menacing — Seeming dangerous and likely to cause harm; threatening.; frequency rank 21213 - maroon — to leave someone stranded and isolated in a remote place, especially an island; frequency rank 22001 - insidious — working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; frequency rank 24316 - cautionary — Serving to caution or warn; admonitory; frequency rank 34057 - coastguard — chiefly British, an official employed to watch coastal waters, help vessels in danger, and enforce maritime law; frequency rank 40010 - conflagration — a large, destructive, and uncontrolled fire; frequency rank 54569 - crossbones — two bones depicted or placed diagonally across one another, especially beneath a skull as a warning of danger or death; frequency rank 56126 - catastrophically — In a way that causes a disaster or terrible damage.; frequency rank 59993 - menacingly — In a threatening way that suggests danger.; frequency rank 60140 - inflammable — easily set on fire; flammable; frequency rank 60756 - unwary — not alert to danger or deception; frequency rank 62772 - overexposure — excessive exposure to something, especially something harmful such as radiation or sunlight; frequency rank 95562 - imperil — formal: to put a person, thing, or undertaking at serious risk of harm, loss, or destruction; frequency rank 116107 - incautious — not sufficiently cautious; acting or speaking without proper care; frequency rank 122692 - tocsin — a bell or bell signal sounded to warn people of danger; frequency rank 142922 - premonitory — serving as an advance warning or indication of something that is about to happen; frequency rank 208644 - calamitously — In a way that causes great damage or disaster.; frequency rank 377664 - impend — to be imminent or about to happen, especially as a threat or danger; frequency rank 641921 - averter — a person, power, or thing that prevents or turns away danger, harm, or another unwanted event ### C2+ - cave-in — the sudden collapse of earth, rock, a roof, or another enclosing structure; frequency rank 36712 - watchout — the act or state of keeping watch for danger, trouble, or something expected; frequency rank 136771 - 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