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shelter

the fact of having a place to live or stay, considered as a basic human need

• Human beings need food, clothing and shelter.

• without shelter Thousands of people are without shelter following the wildfires.

postal

connected with the official system for sending and delivering letters, etc.

• your full postal address

• the postal service/system

• postal charges

intervention

action taken to improve or help a situation

• calls for government intervention to save the steel industry

• intervention in something In the second group of states, direct intervention in the economy was limited.

hazard

something that can be dangerous or cause damage

• a fire/safety hazard

• The island group is particularly vulnerable to natural hazards.

• hazard to somebody/something Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population.

• hazard of (doing) something Everybody is aware of the hazards of smoking.

virtually

almost or very nearly, so that any slight difference is not important

• to be virtually impossible

• Virtually all students will be exempt from the tax.

• He virtually admitted he was guilty.

• This year's results are virtually the same as last year's.

• The red squirrel has become virtually extinct in most of the country.