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adj. dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

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breakneck

adj. moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"

chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy

adj. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

desperate, heroic

adj. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"

harmful

adj. able or likely to do harm

hazardous, risky, wild

adj. involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

insidious

adj. intended to entrap

on the hook(p)

adj. caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook"

parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go

adj. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

self-destructive, suicidal

adj. dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"

apostate

adj. not faithful to religion or party or cause

adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)

adj. not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"

perfidious, treacherous

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

safe

adj. free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"

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