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[ en-deyn-jeyr ] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR endanger ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to expose todanger; imperil: It was foolish to endanger your life in that way. Origin of endangerlate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at en-1, danger SYNONYMS FOR endangerthreaten, jeopardize, hazard, risk. SEE SYNONYMS FOR endanger ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM endangeren·dan·ger·ment, nounWords nearby endangerend-all, endamage, endameba, endamoeba, endangeitis, endanger, endangered, endangered species, endangiitis, endaortitis, endarch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for endangerAll three species are endangered, and the restored wetland provides habitat that may help boost their populations. Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them|Alison Pearce Stevens|September 17, 2020|Science News For Students Another option is “managed wildfire,” which means monitoring fires but allowing them to burn when they don’t directly endanger people or property. Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead.|James Temple|September 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review They live throughout much of the northeastern US and are not threatened or endangered, but they are mighty hard to find. How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular Science We have Santa Cruz cypress trees, they’re federally endangered trees that only grow right here. How We Saved Our Neighborhood from a Wildfire|Dain Zaffke|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
These animals are so rare, wildlife ecologists struggle even now to determine how vulnerable or endangered they are. Mount Rainier’s first wolverine mama in a century is a sign of the species’ comeback|Hannah Seo|August 28, 2020|Popular Science But political parties officials continue to reassure the country that the campaigns will not endanger anyone. Liberian Senatorial Elections Defy Ebola|Wade Williams|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the Sketchbook Project confines itself to restricting only submissions that might endanger the staff. Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum|Daniel Genis|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The 4th of July is customarily marked by charcoal “cook-outs,” which endanger the community. P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th|P. J. O’Rourke|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST We are worried that Russia will move out from Crimea and endanger the whole country. EuroMaidan Protesters: We Want U.S. Protection|Jamie Dettmer|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Even some liberal commentators said that the raid was an embarrassment that could endanger Zidan. Libyan P.M. Kidnapped in Retaliation for U.S. Raid|Jamie Dettmer|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Wounds larger than this size take years to heal and endanger the life of the tree. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting|Various Primus had made his torches long; it would be an hour before they could burn down sufficiently to endanger the boat. East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson Failure to observe these rules is as liable to endanger life as property. Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use|F. H. Leeds The discontent of the Roumanians might have been worked upon so as still further to endanger the Russian communications. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)|John Holland Rose Whatever you do, for heaven's sake don't be persuaded to endanger that! The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for endanger
verb(tr) to put in danger or peril; imperil Derived forms of endangerendangerment, nounCollins 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 endangerthreaten, expose, imperil, menace, hazard, chance, peril, risk, venture, chance it, lay on the line, lay open, put on the spot, stick one's neck out |