Dangerous
Dangerous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Excessive and dangerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Dangerous".
Nearby Words: danger, dangerously
Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Dangerous and excessive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dangerous" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Both words in one sentence
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Her most dangerous flaw may be an excessive but fragile confidence in her own abilities.
Source: Mood-Swinger - He is a dangerous loose cannon with a laundry list of excessive force charges, and there have been accidental (and "Accidental") deaths connected to him.
Source: Cowboy Cop / Web Comics -
The Metal Gear series provides one of the most excessive examples of this in all of gaming: the first five games are all stopping terrorists, who are eventually revealed to have been rebelling against the very dangerous conspiracy which is only thwarted in the final act of the last game.
Source: You Can't Thwart Stage One
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