jeopardize
verb (used with object), jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing.
Origin of jeopardize
Examples from the Web for jeopardize
Contemporary Examples of jeopardize
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.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and HyperboleClive Irving
November 1, 2014
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.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Republicans have also raised concerns that the release of the report could jeopardize security at U.S. facilities overseas.
Historical Examples of jeopardize
Or if he did, he was diplomatic enough not to jeopardize his post by babbling of it to me.
By a word he could have done it, yet he feared lest that word must jeopardize his brother.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
Were he to accede to such a proposal as Oliver now made him, assuredly he must jeopardize all that.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
In any event, she had no right to jeopardize this honest Chinaman's safety by refusing it.
Tales of the ArgonautsBret Harte
Howard had confessed, so why should she jeopardize her good name uselessly?
The Third DegreeCharles Klein and Arthur Hornblow