Synonyms

endangered

[en-deyn-jerd] Example Sentences

en·dan·gered

[en-deyn-jerd]
adjective
1.
threatened with a danger: endangered lives of trapped coal miners.
2.
threatened with extinction: The bald eagle may be endangered.

Origin:
1590–1600; endanger + -ed2

un·en·dan·gered, adjective

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Endangered is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • Endangered fish species may be preserved by manipulating more common species to produce them.
  • All four tapir species are endangered or threatened, largely due to hunting and habitat loss.
  • Endangered instruments tug one musician's heartstrings.
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en·dan·ger

[en-deyn-jeyr]
verb (used with object)
to expose to danger; imperil: It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see en-1, danger

en·dan·ger·ment, noun


threaten, jeopardize, hazard, risk.

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endangered (ɪnˈdeɪndʒəd)
 
adj
in danger: used esp of animals in danger of extinction: the giant panda is an endangered species

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