endanger
to expose to danger; imperil: It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.
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Other words from endanger
- en·dan·ger·ment, noun
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How to use endanger in a sentence
All 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 StudentsAnother 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 ReviewThey 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-ScienceWe have Santa Cruz cypress trees, they’re federally endangered trees that only grow right here.
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.
He said he feared that including his name in an article would endanger his life.
But the Sketchbook Project confines itself to restricting only submissions that might endanger the staff.
He added, “It would be profoundly destabilizing; and far from promoting peace, it would endanger it.”
The Secret to Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy: His Father | W. James Antle III | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Iraq War helped Obama win the presidency, but now the problems we left behind endanger his legacy.
It would endanger me to distribute such a fiery appeal, my friend remonstrated.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanThe fall of the Irish church would endanger the connection between the two countries.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanMan, you will say, decides every moment on actions which he knows will endanger him; man kills himself sometimes, then he is free.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierThis may even be the case to such an extent as to endanger their lives, yet they are not able to control themselves.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe debates on this matter injured the reputation of the ministry though they did not endanger its stability.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
British Dictionary definitions for endanger
/ (ɪnˈdeɪndʒə) /
(tr) to put in danger or peril; imperil
Derived forms of endanger
- endangerment, noun
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