imperil
verb (used with object), im·per·iled, im·per·il·ing or (especially British) im·per·illed, im·per·il·ling.
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endanger, jeopardize, compromise, menace, expose, peril, risk, hazard, jeopardy, jeopardExamples from the Web for imperiled
Contemporary Examples of imperiled
Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.
He often files amicus briefs, especially in cases where constitutionally guaranteed rights are imperiled.
Imperiled as he is, he cannot recreate the tooth-and-nail desperation that fueled Shackleton.
Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of ShackletonDarrell Hartman
January 12, 2014
We learn what we already knew, that man is disposable matter, an imperiled creature of flesh and blood.
The student warns Zonker that the celebration is imperiled because "President Roth thinks you're bad for Wesleyan's image."
Historical Examples of imperiled
Yet the promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible.
A moment they sped side by side, toward the imperiled cruiser.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
The crying need of an imperiled republic could not reprieve him.
Quick as thought Frank Merriwell sprang to save the imperiled girl.
Frank Merriwell's CruiseBurt L. Standish
And then suddenly came a wild cheer from the imperiled Americans.
A Prisoner of MorroUpton Sinclair