The SWA provides safe, convenient ways for residents and small businesses to dispose of hazardous materials. Items such as batteries, chemicals, fuels, paints and certain electronics should never go in …

dangerous, hazardous, precarious, perilous, risky mean bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury. dangerous applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully.

HAZARDOUS definition: full of risk; perilous; risky. See examples of hazardous used in a sentence.

Add to word list dangerous and involving risk, especially to someone's health: hazardous industries / materials / substances (Definition of hazardous from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © …

1. to risk; to be prepared to do (something, the result of which is uncertain).

Something that is hazardous is dangerous, especially to people's health or safety. They have no way to dispose of the hazardous waste they produce. Passive smoking can be hazardous to health.

Definition of hazardous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

hazardous (adjective) hazardous / ˈ hæzɚdəs/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of HAZARDOUS [more hazardous; most hazardous] : involving risk or danger : dangerous

The noun "hazard" means something dangerous, and the adjective hazardous refers to anything that involves danger. A golf course with lots of sand traps is especially hazardous for golfers.

Some common synonyms of hazardous are dangerous, perilous, precarious, and risky. While all these words mean "bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury," hazardous implies great and …