perilous
/ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.ləs/ adjective C2- Dangerous, full of peril.
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to take such precaution against the land, and after all to find this seashore, to which I had come for safety, so much more perilous.”
Once only we saw a trace that someone had passed that perilous way before us.
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