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"danger" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often hazard (6 letters).
Definitions
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Word origin
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Used in a sentence
“There's plenty of danger in the desert.”
“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.”
“The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye. The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly. Danger is his business.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Hazard”6 letters
02“Potential harm”6 letters
03“Risky situation”6 letters
04“Unsafe condition”6 letters
05“Unsafe risk”6 letters
06“Unsafe situation”6 letters
07“Risk of harm”6 letters
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