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View synonyms for jeopardize

jeopardize

[ jep-er-dahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing.
  1. to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil:

    He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.



jeopardize

/ ˈdʒɛpəˌdaɪz /

verb

  1. to risk; hazard

    he jeopardized his job by being persistently unpunctual

  2. to put in danger; imperil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • re·jeopard·ize verb (used with object) rejeopardized rejeopardizing
  • un·jeopard·ized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jeopardize1

First recorded in 1640–50; jeopard(y) + -ize
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Example Sentences

College administrators have enacted inadequate protocols that have jeopardized the safety of their communities.

From Fortune

All asked that their names be withheld, to not jeopardize their employment.

If the agency is right, it could jeopardize SDG&E’s safety certificate and associated access to funding covering damage claims.

Combined with the interruption of outpatient services in hospitals and clinics, and socioeconomic changes that can lead to relapse, has experts worried the progress made so far on tackling the opioid crisis may be jeopardized.

From Quartz

Nonetheless, linear’s current importance can compromise networks’ willingness to make moves in streaming that may jeopardize their linear businesses.

From Digiday

Air traffic controllers and pilots together take great care not to fly in conditions that can jeopardize an airplane.

The principle is clear: the design must have multiple redundancies so that no single failure can jeopardize the airplane.

So many of the big media players are afraid to jeopardize access, or personal relationships.

You couldn't write an honest assessment for what percentage of your daughter's life you were willing to jeopardize.

Republicans have also raised concerns that the release of the report could jeopardize security at U.S. facilities overseas.

It is necessary that I shall be considered a patriot of patriots, nothing must jeopardize such a character at the present time.

It would be impolitic to jeopardize his whole ambition by any deviation from the letter of the Erfurt agreement.

This was so, but only in so far as his actions would not jeopardize the peace of his own nation.

After all, if Diogenes chose to jeopardize his head, what was it to them?

An investigation would be decidedly humiliating to her, and also jeopardize her position at Hamilton.

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