as in to endanger
to place in danger
a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation
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Recent Examples of imperil
Eventually, measles could once again become endemic in the U.S. Polio could soon follow suit, imperiling the fight to eradicate the disease globally, Virginia Pitzer, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at Yale, told me.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
The cuts are part of a larger, brutal effort by the Trump administration to slash federal agencies, and the cuts have imperiled other critical government and public services.
—Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
Making these goods more expensive damages the competitiveness of domestic companies, imperiling American jobs.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, that goal seems as imperiled now as ever.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
The cuts are part of a larger, brutal effort by the Trump administration to slash federal agencies, and the cuts have imperiled other critical government and public services.
—Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
Making these goods more expensive damages the competitiveness of domestic companies, imperiling American jobs.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, that goal seems as imperiled now as ever.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imperil
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“Imperil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperil. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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