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
Threat noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- However, when his personal safety is threatened, he turns the tables on the bullies and Ends the threat.
Source: Kids Are Cruel / Literature - 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.
Source: Miranda Rights -
In Cable & Deadpool, Deadpool is brainwashed by the Black Box to kill the biggest threat to the public safety.
Source: Brainwashed and Crazy
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Threat and Safety. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/safety/threat
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