Cause and Hazard

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Hazard and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hazard" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Hazard noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

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Cause and hazard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Hazard".

Nearby Words: hazardous, hazarded, hazardously, hazarding

known	known cause	known hazard
particular	particular cause	particular hazard
common	common cause	common hazard
natural	natural cause	natural hazard
Other adjectives: direct, single, obvious, actual, real, big, serious, huge, bad, potential, main, new, major, frequent, greater, primary, different, biological, biggest.

cause people

hazard people

He makes good points about how they seem to be Disproportionate Retribution and can cause a moral hazard.

Source: Manga / Pet Shop of Horrors
One-Hit-Point Wonder: Falling from too high or contact with any hazard will cause you to lose a life.

Source: Video Game / Jet Set Willy
In various levels of Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze, taking too long to touch the slot-machine barrel at the end will cause the player to be killed by an ongoing hazard of the level (the hazard in question will depend of each level's concept).

Source: Kaizo Trap

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