Imperil Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Imperil

peril
To cause to be in danger; to imperil. [from 16th c.]
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hazard
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
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jeopardize
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
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menace
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
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risk
Risk is defined as to expose someone or something to a dangerous situation.
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threaten
Threaten is defined as to pose a danger to someone or something, or to make someone believe you pose a danger by making statements indicating an intent to harm them.
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expose
To put or leave out in an unprotected place; abandon
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jeopardise
To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
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compromise
Compromise means to give up some demands and agree on something less than what was originally wanted.
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Antonyms for Imperil

protect
To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
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save
(Computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
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guard
Guard is defined as to keep safe, protect or cover.
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Words Related to Imperil

endanger
To expose to danger, harm, or loss; imperil
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safety
To subject to danger or destruction
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Imperil Sentence Examples

  • In the summer of 1857 these events seemed to imperil British rule in India.

  • Although Spain had joined France in the war against Great Britain, she feared to imperil her own colonial interests by directly encouraging and aiding the former British colonies in their revolt against their mother country, and she had refused to recognize the United States as an independent power.

  • To disavow the acts and desires of the army and of the secret societies for defence with which all north Germany was honeycombed would be to imperil the very existence of the monarchy, whilst an attack on the wreck of the Grand Army meant the certainty of a terrible retribution from the new armies now rapidly forming on the Rhine.

  • Valens returned to Antioch, wherein the winter of 373-4 he instituted a persecution of magicians and other people whom he foolishly believed to imperil his life.

  • They also analyze proposed legislation, a vital factor in early recognition of a rule that could seriously imperil our right to ride.

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