imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
have imperilled
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present perfectof imperil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The explosion of controversy, though, may have imperilled Bannon’s perch at Breitbart News.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2018
One suggested that the Mail on Sunday and the News of the World often made joint bids for stories and the Mail would not wished to have imperilled that relationship.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014
None of the nations in all this lengthening list have parted with their sovereignty or sacrificed their independence, or have imperilled by their presence their safety at home or their security abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
A similar crisis would have imperilled even the strongest Federation.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers
We have risked and we have incurred the disaffection of the Irish themselves; we have imposed on them and on ourselves untold suffering and expense; we have imperilled the whole fabric of our Parliamentary institutions.
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
