imperil
English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛɹəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛɹəl
Verb
[edit]imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (US) imperiling or (UK) imperilling, simple past and past participle (US) imperiled or (UK) imperilled)
- (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.
- 1920, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, The Great Impersonation, Chapter 25:
- "If Russia mobilises, it is for defence. No nation in the world would dream of attacking Germany, nor has Germany the slightest intention of imperilling her coming supremacy amongst the nations by such crude methods as military enterprise. Servia must be punished, naturally, but to that, in principle, every nation in Europe is agreed. We shall not permit Austria to overstep the mark."
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (put into peril): endanger
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to put in peril
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to risk
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