imperil
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imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (UK) imperilling or (US) imperiling, simple past and past participle (UK) imperilled or (US) imperiled)
- (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
- 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, page 169:
- […] they occupied the country, expelled the inhabitants, and terminated for ever the rivalry which had so long imperilled their own naval supremacy in Greece.
- 2006 June, Jeffrey Winters, “Wind Out of Their Sails”, in Mechanical Engineering, page 31:
- Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries.
- (transitive) To risk or hazard.
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- (put into peril): endanger
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to put in peril
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to risk
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