adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dangerous/hazardous/harmful substance
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Using chemicals or othe hazardous substances at work can put people's health at risk.
a dangerous/hazardous/perilous journey
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They set off on the dangerous journey down the river.
hazardous (= very dangerous )
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There are major problems over the disposal of hazardous chemicals.
hazardous/toxic waste
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the illegal dumping of hazardous waste
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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No doubt the journey back was as hazardous as it was coming.
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In-line skating is classified as hazardous .
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All agree that finding ways to present your case will prove as hazardous as steering a passage through a sand shoal.
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The Department of Transportation classifies the oxygen generators as hazardous materials when carried as company material in cargo compartments.
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Between countries, and even within them, there is disagreement about what constitutes waste and what should count as hazardous .
extremely
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Weather and sea conditions during the service were extremely hazardous , demanding absolute concentration to maintain control of the lifeboat.
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It contains a mass of radioactive byproducts spawned during its time in the reactor, some of them extremely hazardous .
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Drugs prescribed by doctors can be extremely hazardous if used in the wrong way.
more
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The island already has more hazardous plants than any other part of Britain.
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Theirs is a dangerous job that became even more hazardous once their quarry shifted into the mountains.
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Foraging here is a little easier, but it is also more hazardous .
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In any case, herbicides broke down quickly and were probably more hazardous to the crews delivering them than to anyone else.
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Prophesying the future is even more hazardous .
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Unless you have a serious leak, the quick solution is probably more hazardous than the problem.
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Radium is tens of times more hazardous than plutonium and thousands of times more hazardous than tritium.
most
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Storytelling to six-year olds above all is the most hazardous and the most enjoyable experience I know, a sort of terror-sport.
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Newly married and ecstatically happy, he yet felt compelled to offer himself for one of the war's most hazardous enterprises.
potentially
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What is important is that all the chlorine in the VOCs ends up as chloride ion rather than other potentially hazardous chlorinated compounds.
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He considers such maneuverings a ridiculous way to run a government and still potentially hazardous to the credit markets here and abroad.
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However, many potentially hazardous chemical installations are not covered by such regulations.
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Start to phase out nuclear fission power stations, which are prohibitively expensive and potentially hazardous .
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Health and health studies Taxes on addictive and potentially hazardous products like tobacco and alcohol produce a dual effect.
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Safety All products are potentially hazardous even detergents.
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If the conditions were such during trial that an actual or potentially hazardous situation arose questions of safety predominate.
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With a nuclear station decommissioning was a lengthy, expensive and potentially hazardous enterprise.
■ NOUN
chemical
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However, many potentially hazardous chemical installations are not covered by such regulations.
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Stolen chemicals: A car containing hazardous chemicals was stolen in South Hylton, Sunderland.
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Hazardous chemicals: New powers over the storage and disposal of hazardous chemicals will be introduced.
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Existing powers over importation, use and supply of hazardous chemicals will be extended.
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Safer handling, storage and transport of hazardous chemicals will be held in Aberdeen on 28 February 1992.
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Over the years indiscriminate dumping has resulted in a large number of environmentally dangerous sites that are leaking toxic and hazardous chemicals .
job
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Wage differentials for hazardous jobs reflect the risks of both deaths and injuries.
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Since hazardous jobs represent a small part of total employment, these workers are unrepresentative of the general population.
journey
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Success has been a along, hazardous journey for Blake Baxter.
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Diane and her husband Geoff have now completed the trip and in this article she recounts their hazardous journey .
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The volunteers supervise the turtle's hazardous journey down the beach to the water, deterring predators and tourists.
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And he would be the first to say that the time spent on making those long, hazardous journeys has paid dividends.
material
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If hazardous materials are left after minimisation, there are possibilities for recycling.
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The Department of Transportation classifies the oxygen generators as hazardous materials when carried as company material in cargo compartments.
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Extracted hazardous materials Crec charges its clients 82 cents per kilogram to dismantle computers in a factory once used to manufacture them.
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The dig might require such a specialist, trained to handle hazardous materials .
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Efficient waste management requires that hazardous materials are defined and treated more carefully than the very large volumes of non-hazardous wastes.
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The site was used by the Royal Navy for years to dump blue asbestos and other hazardous materials from ships and dockyards.
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Projects already undertaken for pharmaceutical customers have involved removal of plant and equipment contaminated with low-levels of radioactivity and other hazardous materials .
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Currently an estimated 1,600 vessels carrying fuels and other hazardous materials pass through the strait annually.
occupation
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Parliamentary Privilege Being a Member of Parliament during the constitutional struggle of the seventeenth century could be a hazardous occupation .
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The firearm was perhaps a necessary item of defense in what was obviously a hazardous occupation .
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The use of spears is possible yet arguably a hazardous occupation more suited to hunting as a sport.
substance
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There are also other consents which are required, for example, before introducing hazardous substances .
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Afterwards, the city discovered the hazardous substances in the groundwater that threatened the nearby public drinking water supply.
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A number of hazardous substances are resistant to biodegradation.
waste
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Treating hazardous waste at Cory Environmental's West Thurrock plans.
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A majority of the industrial groups produce less than 10, 000 metric tons of hazardous waste .
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In terms of databases on hazardous wastes , attention has already been drawn to the waste disposal plans prepared by WRAs.
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That is particularly relevant when one is considering a diverse range of hazardous wastes .
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The Labour party believes that there are a number of essential approaches to toxic and hazardous waste .
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The treatment of hazardous waste is particularly expensive and needs especially sophisticated equipment.
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We should reduce the amount of hazardous waste that is produced when making products - often useful products - for the market.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a hazardous occupation
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All of us knew that the expedition was likely to be extremely hazardous .
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Being the President's bodyguard is obviously a hazardous occupation.
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Employees who were exposed to hazardous substances are now claiming compensation.
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In 1820, a voyage to Australia was a hazardous undertaking.
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Lead is one of the most hazardous substances known, causing cancer and nerve damage.
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The building is now unoccupied, and all radioactive or hazardous materials have been removed.
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We need better regulations regarding the transportation of hazardous waste along public roads.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bush also proposed raising $ 75 million with new user fees for hazardous material shippers and owners of pipelines and railroads.
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But there are things that individuals, organizations, and governments have learned to do to make life less hazardous there.
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Since hazardous jobs represent a small part of total employment, these workers are unrepresentative of the general population.
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The hazardous nature of this undertaking is not in dispute.
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There are also other consents which are required, for example, before introducing hazardous substances.
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This, though less hazardous than the rape of Persephone, was perilous enough to satisfy the most ambitious.
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Was the hazardous code of the duel a greater injustice than the unfairness of the law?