endanger
to expose to danger; imperil: It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.
Origin of endanger
1Other words for endanger
Other words from endanger
- en·dan·ger·ment, noun
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How to use endanger in a sentence
Approving new developments in highly wildfire-prone areas not only puts new residents at risk, it also endangers nearby communities.
Morning Report: County Digs in to Keep COVID Data Private | Voice of San Diego | November 19, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThese endangered primates live in the forest on China’s Hainan Island.
Analyze This: Ropes restore a gibbon highway through a rainforest | Carolyn Wilke | November 11, 2020 | Science News For StudentsOne of its many delays was caused by the need to resettle some endangered lizards, which set everything back by a year and a half.
More than 8 years behind schedule, Berlin’s new airport opens today amid an epic crisis in air travel | David Meyer | October 31, 2020 | FortuneBetween habitat loss, pesticides, and possibly climate change, monarchs may soon be added to the endangered species list.
It’s about time adults start rising up against climate change | Alexandria Villaseñor | October 21, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDespite the economic benefits, some New Mexico state legislators have tried to block the storage facility, citing concerns that it would endanger public safety and other industries.
Finding homes for the waste that will (probably) outlive humanity | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Instead, Kolko received a plea deal that allowed him to plea guilty to child endangerment.
Now their son has been taken from them and they face criminal charges of neglect and child endangerment.
Desperate Parents Arrested After Fleeing Britain For Other Treatment Options for Son in Europe | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey charged him with reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, a long list of charges.
The Cost: What Stop and Frisk Does to a Young Man’s Soul | Rilla Askew | May 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on charges of burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a structure.
Hero or Criminal? James Brady, the WTC Ironworker Who Jumped Off the Building | Michael Daly | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOfficers later found her at her South Los Angeles home and attempted to arrest her for child endangerment.
In Los Angeles, Questions of Police Brutality Dog LAPD | Christine Pelisek | November 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLeaning far over the counter, to the endangerment of her balance, his employer gave him a smart cuff.
Scarlett of the Mounted | Marguerite MeringtonContemporaneous history shows that their endangerment proceeded from the statutes against vagrancy.
The Popham Colony | William Frederick PooleEvery seeming diminution of it was felt to be a disastrous endangerment of the knowledge of the people.
British Dictionary definitions for endanger
/ (ɪnˈdeɪndʒə) /
(tr) to put in danger or peril; imperil
Derived forms of endanger
- endangerment, noun
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