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perilous

 adjective
     
Related topics: Military
per‧il‧ous literary or formal
PM very dangerous:
a perilous journey across the mountains
WORD FOCUS: dangerous WORD FOCUS: dangerous
similar words: hazardous, risky, treacherous, perilous literary

➔ See also dangerous
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