Hazard and Trap

Hazard

Hazard noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

Usage example: the tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard

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

Nearby Words: hazardous, hazarded, hazardously, hazarding

Trap noun - A device or scheme for capturing another by surprise.

Usage example: a bear trap

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Hazard and trap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hazard" instead a noun "Trap".

Nearby Words: trapped, trapping, trapper, trappy

particular	particular hazard	particular trap
similar	similar hazard	similar trap
common	common hazard	common trap
standard	standard hazard	standard trap
Other adjectives: single, obvious, actual, real, massive, big, huge, dangerous, new, final, deadly, fatal, last, occasional, local, electrical.

In Sid Meier's SimGolf, why build a nice green fairway between the tee and the hole when you could build a giant sand trap, water hazard◊ or celebrity housing complex instead?

Source: Cruel Player-Character God
While normally, every trap, hazard and enemy is clearly marked, there is one instance in one of the later levels where you find two identical potions.

Source: Trial-and-Error Gameplay
Keep in mind this requires, among other things, deliberately falling into every pit trap and tripping every teleport hazard.

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

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