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imperil
[ im-per-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to put in peril or danger; endanger.
Synonyms: chance, hazard, jeopardize, risk
imperil
/ ɪmˈpɛrɪl /
verb
- tr to place in danger or jeopardy; endanger
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Derived Forms
- imˈperilment, noun
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Other Words From
- im·peril·ment noun
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Example Sentences
You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?
But the Israelis all but explicitly spurning peace will grievously imperil their own country.
The goal should be to enable that flow without allowing undue systemic risk and greed to imperil it.
Romney warned that a second Obama term would “remake” the Supreme Court and imperil the future of gun rights.
A meltdown at the plant could imperil tens of thousands of citizens, especially children and pregnant women.
He did not wish to imperil Alan's superb aloofness by involving him in the acrimonious and undignified defence of a friend.
The honey, I say, would imperil the grubs' lives, The Bee must therefore first be made to disgorge.
In those of which we are speaking a too strong light seems to imperil the success of the experiment.
All she thought was to get away—far away from these men who were trying to imperil her immortal soul.
Her former efficient commander, Captain Coxetter, has gone where bars or rough waters never imperil his safety.
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