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noun exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction.
verb (used with object), per·iled, per·il·ing or (especially British ) per·illed, per·il·ling. to expose to danger; imperil; risk.
Origin of peril 1175–1225; Middle English <Old French <Latin perīculum trial, test, danger, equivalent to perī-, verb base meaning “try” (found in the compound experīrī; see experience) + -culum -cle2
synonym study for peril 1 . See danger.
OTHER WORDS FROM peril per·il·less, adjective mul·ti·per·il, adjective, noun Words nearby peril perihelion, perihepatitis, peri-infarction block, perijejunitis, perikaryon, peril , perilabyrinthitis, perilaryngitis, perilla, perilla oil, perilous
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Example sentences from the Web for peril We separate the search for justice from the search for truth at our peril .
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Facts have weight and mass, and we ignore them or abuse them at our own peril .
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I was lost, fresh back from Vietnam, searching, maybe, for a peril the equivalent of war but aimed in the direction of life.
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Now poaching is on the rise and wildlife conservation in peril .
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Rick must shepherd his newborn daughter, Judith, through this world of peril .
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"This sounds as if I were to peril my life," my father said.
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Pray to God to deliver us from this peril ; we cannot escape, if He do not take pity on us.'
The Arabian Nights | Unknown
The only possibility of peril which reason suggested was through the agency of that stranger.
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Moreover, their zeal was not so ardent as to make them eager to risk the dangers of an arrest that was likely to be full of peril .
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Or, this affirmation you make and give upon the peril of the penalty of perjury.
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British Dictionary definitions for peril noun exposure to risk or harm; danger or jeopardy
Word Origin for peril C13: via Old French from Latin perīculum
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to peril uncertainty, insecurity, jeopardy, vulnerability, hazard, menace, pitfall, endangerment, liability, openness, exposure