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a. full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe


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n. protection from harm


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n. scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health


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n. alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse


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v. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase


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n. recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits


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n. tact; politics; negotiation between nations


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v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known


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v. upset; throw into confusion or disorder


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n. one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement


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