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Endanger definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENDANGER, v.t. [from danger.] To put in hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury. We dread any thing that endangers our life, our peace or our happiness.
1. To incur the hazard of. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-dangered; endangering) Date: 1964 transitive verb to bring into danger or peril <recklessly endangering innocent lives> intransitive verb to create a dangerous situation <driving to endanger> • endangerment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. place in danger. Phrases and idioms: endangered species a species in danger of extinction. Derivatives: endangerment n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Endanger En*dan"ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endangered; p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.] 1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. --Burke. 2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(endangers, endangering, endangered) To endanger something or someone means to put them in a situation where they might be harmed or destroyed completely. The debate could endanger the proposed peace talks. ...endangered species such as lynx and wolf. VERB: V n, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Hazard, risk, peril, jeopardize, commit, compromise, expose to danger, put at hazard, put in peril, put in jeopardy.

Moby Thesaurus

chance, compromise, encounter danger, expose, gamble, gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, threaten, venture