Safety and Threat

Safety

Safety noun - The state of not being exposed to danger.
Usage example: we were lucky to make it to safety just as the lions broke loose from their cage at the zoo

Threat is an antonym for safety.

Nearby Words: safe, safely

Threat

Threat noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

Safety is an antonym for threat in warning topic.

Nearby Words: threatening, threaten, threatened

How words are described

human human safety human threat
physical physical safety physical threat
common common safety common threat
actual actual safety actual threat
Other adjectives: personal, major, immediate, minimal, mutual, greater, primary, said, external, nuclear.

Both words in one sentence

  • However, when his personal safety is threatened, he turns the tables on the bullies and Ends the threat.
  • The only time in which Miranda can be waived is in cases where "public safety" is under immediate threat and the officer does not have the time or wherewithal to lecture the perp for 30 seconds.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy In Cable & Deadpool, Deadpool is brainwashed by the Black Box to kill the biggest threat to the public safety.
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