endanger
verb (used with object)
to expose to danger; imperil.
endangerment
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a word derived from
endanger.
Example Sentences
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The boat's operator, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident, faces 13 counts of reckless endangerment, officials said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
His use of Toni Nadal—whose coaching philosophy consisted of greatness though suffering—may not be a way of shifting blame from Mr. Nadal for a career’s worth of reckless endangerment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Pettit argues this still doesn’t affect the endangerment finding.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
The endangerment finding is the U.S. government’s 2009 affirmation that planet-heating pollution poses a threat to human health and the environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
There was another promenade of the room, greatly to the endangerment of Miss Rosebury’s ornaments.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
