endanger

English

Alternative forms

• endaunger (obsolete)
• indanger

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ənˈdeɪndʒər/

Verb

endanger (third-person singular simple present endangers, present participle endangering, simple past and past participle endangered)

1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona

     I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not

   • Burke

     All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.

   • 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs

     If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
   • Francis Bacon

     He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:endanger

Translations

to put someone or something in danger

• Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (bg) (izlagam na opasnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 危害 (cmn) (wēihài), 危及 (cmn) (wēijí)

• Czech: ohrozit (cs)
• Finnish: vaarantaa (fi)

• French: compromettre (fr)
• German: gefährden (de)
• Hungarian: veszélyeztet (hu)
• Italian: rischiare (it), compromettere (it), mettere in pericolo (it)
• Romanian: compromite (ro), periclita (ro), risca (ro), primejdui (ro)