as in to threaten
to place in danger
a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people
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as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge
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Recent Examples of endanger
Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Rising seas and powerful storms are endangering the state’s sprawling coastline.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Another worried the fire had crept out of the Palisades toward Santa Monica Canyon, endangering his house.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
When there's a wildfire endangering homes insured by comp, crews from the company show up loaded with their own water supplies.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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The big picture: These temperatures endanger public health, stress electricity grids and damage crops.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Rising seas and powerful storms are endangering the state’s sprawling coastline.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Another worried the fire had crept out of the Palisades toward Santa Monica Canyon, endangering his house.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
When there's a wildfire endangering homes insured by comp, crews from the company show up loaded with their own water supplies.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endanger
Verb
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Snowfall in New Orleans threatened a record set 130 years ago.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Currently, Trump is threatening a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods imported to the US and 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, come February 1.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For every 2,000 steps a person walks, their risk of cancer, heart disease and premature death lowers by 10%, peaking at 10,000 steps daily, according to two studies published in JAMA Neurology and JAMA Internal Medicine.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
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But research shows that the conditions of people's lives and their environments heavily influence why some populations are at higher risk than others.—
Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
18 Jan. 2025
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But lose one of those and your entire business could be jeopardized.—
Chris Kille,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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This order jeopardizes the citizenship of millions of people in the United States.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those dependencies have put the US in increasing jeopardy as foreign government hackers exploit these networks’ complexity and inconsistency.—
Eric Geller,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, the wildfire outbreak there on Tuesday, has put many of these properties into jeopardy.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Raising and breeding such creatures, some experts warn, could imperil living animals used as surrogates and the ecosystems into which resurrected individuals might ultimately be released.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments, experts warn. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester Change Appearance Republish ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
15 Jan. 2025
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Also, dress warmly when walking outside in cold weather to avoid frostbite and other dangers of cold exposure.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bob Lee, a veteran wildlife officer and author, will describe the excitement and dangers game wardens face every day.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There’s a small sign of trouble when the two stop by a strawberry stand and the woman running it hits on Isaac.—
Jourdain Searles,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Sources close to the situation said that the trouble started when Johnson and another one of Black’s baby mamas got into it toward the end of the party.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Endanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endanger. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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