endanger

[ en-deyn-jeyr ]

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to danger; danger; imperil:

   It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.

   Synonyms: risk, hazard, jeopardize, threaten

endanger

/ ɪnˈdeɪndʒə /

verb

1. tr to put in danger or peril; imperil

Derived Forms

• enˈdangerment, noun

Other Words From

• en·danger·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of endanger¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; en- ¹, danger

Example Sentences

All three species are endangered, and the restored wetland provides habitat that may help boost their populations.

From 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.

From MIT Technology Review

They live throughout much of the northeastern US and are not threatened or endangered, but they are mighty hard to find.

From Popular-Science

We have Santa Cruz cypress trees, they’re federally endangered trees that only grow right here.

From Outside Online

These animals are so rare, wildlife ecologists struggle even now to determine how vulnerable or endangered they are.

From Popular-Science

But political parties officials continue to reassure the country that the campaigns will not endanger anyone.

From The Daily Beast

He said he feared that including his name in an article would endanger his life.

From The Daily Beast

But the Sketchbook Project confines itself to restricting only submissions that might endanger the staff.

From The Daily Beast

He added, “It would be profoundly destabilizing; and far from promoting peace, it would endanger it.”

From The Daily Beast

The Iraq War helped Obama win the presidency, but now the problems we left behind endanger his legacy.

From The Daily Beast

It would endanger me to distribute such a fiery appeal, my friend remonstrated.

From Project Gutenberg

The fall of the Irish church would endanger the connection between the two countries.

From Project Gutenberg

Man, you will say, decides every moment on actions which he knows will endanger him; man kills himself sometimes, then he is free.

From Project Gutenberg

This may even be the case to such an extent as to endanger their lives, yet they are not able to control themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

The debates on this matter injured the reputation of the ministry though they did not endanger its stability.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• expose
• imperil
• menace
• threaten