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dangerous

/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ adjective A2
  1. Full of danger. · Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
  3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. (colloquial, dated)
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That same cloud was being watched by two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall, for Bagheera and Kaa, knowing well how dangerous the Monkey-People were in large numbers, did not wish to run any risks.
The Jungle Book, p. 52 · B2
I am Death!” It was Karait, the dusty brown snakeling that lies for choice on the dusty earth; and his bite is as dangerous as the cobra’s.
The Jungle Book, p. 70 · B2
If Rikki-tikki had only known, he was doing a much more dangerous thing than fighting Nag, for Karait is so small, and can turn so quickly, that unless Rikki bit him close to the back of the head, he would get the return stroke in his eye or his lip.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
Lynde says they’ve never had a female teacher in Avonlea before and she thinks it is a dangerous innovation.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 172 · C1

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