Collocations for "dangerous"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dangerous" in context.
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dangerous
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a dangerous [animal, weapon, person, sport, neighborhood]
- contains dangerous [materials, chemicals, information]
- is dangerous to [try, use, drink, eat, keep]
- dangerous to [animals, humans, others]
- [smoking, drinking] is dangerous (to your health)
- dangerous for [babies, children, pregnant women]
- dangerous for people with [allergies, heart conditions]
- dangerous enough to [kill, harm, maim]
- dangerous levels of [obesity, violence, radiation, debt, rainfall]
- [obesity] has [hit, reached] dangerous levels
- sets a dangerous precedent
- the [suspect, man] is armed and dangerous
- [very, really, incredibly, deceptively, deadly] dangerous
'dangerous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adventure
- affair
- assumption
- aware
- bluff
- boar
- card
- chemical
- claim
- climb
- coffin
- combination
- compound
- con
- contract
- convict
- correction
- coup
- criminal
- current
- dare
- daring
- dark
- deadly
- descent
- despicable
- devious
- disgusting
- disposition
- disregard
- dive
- dreadful
- driver
- exploits
- extremely
- fall
- foe
- foolish
- frightening
- futile
- gang
- gorge
- ground
- handle
- harmful
- hazard
- hill
- hostile
- implement
- infamous