imperil
verb
im·per·il
im-ˈper-əl 
-ˈpe-rəl
imperiled or imperilled; imperiling or imperilling
: to bring into peril : endanger
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Examples of imperil in a Sentence
The toxic fumes imperiled the lives of the trapped miners.
The financial health of the company was imperiled by a string of bad investments.
a list of imperiled species
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In April, the bureau released an analysis that found the road could threaten the lifestyles of more than 60 Alaska Native communities while imperiling caribou herds.
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Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
This option, however, would leave FERC in the dark about the details of what cultural resources the project would imperil.
—B. “toastie” Oaster, ProPublica, 26 June 2024
Some of the resulting policies have further imperiled global support for free trade.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The Russian attack in the north raised concerns in Ukraine and among its Western allies that a breakthrough could imperil Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.
—Finbarr O’Reilly Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 13 June 2024
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Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
This option, however, would leave FERC in the dark about the details of what cultural resources the project would imperil.
—B. “toastie” Oaster, ProPublica, 26 June 2024
Some of the resulting policies have further imperiled global support for free trade.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The Russian attack in the north raised concerns in Ukraine and among its Western allies that a breakthrough could imperil Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.
—Finbarr O’Reilly Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 13 June 2024
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“Imperil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imperil. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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imperil
verb
im·per·il
im-ˈper-əl
imperiled or imperilled; imperiling or imperilling
: to place in great danger : endanger
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