HAZARDED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hazarded

verb

past tense of hazard

as in endangered

to place in danger just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship

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as in risked

to take a chance on was unwilling to hazard landing the plane on the small island, which didn't even have an airfield

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Recent Examples of hazarded Scholars hazarded theories as to how an unschooled middle-aged Black woman from the South could brush with genius. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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Sources said a polygon had been established there to ensure no Israeli strikes or ground operations endangered the hostages.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Sumatran tigers, native to Indonesia, are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as critically endangered.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot.

— Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

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Attacks on Abha and Riyadh's King Khalid international airports in Saudia Arabia threatened to pull the kingdom deeper into the latest front in the Iran war.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Mecklenburg County commissioners blasted Discovery Place over its handling of county money for its nature museum Tuesday and threatened to take control of the museum’s operations and hold Discovery Place in default for millions.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

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