hazmatnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhæz.mæt/us/ˈhæz.mæt/abbreviation for hazardous material: a dangerous substance:
Each volunteer was given a disposable white hazmat suit (= a suit that protects against dangerous substances)
Over the past two weeks, hazmat crews have been flooded with anthrax false alarms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- high-risk
- hostage
- hostage to fortune idiom
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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